Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser – already in custody – have been jailed from three-and-a-half to five years after being arrested in October 2023, charged with involvement with extremist groups, which is what the Russian state designates opposition groups as.

Many believe that history is largely determined by the personal relationships between world leaders. Vladimir Putin’s 25-year interaction with foreign leaders provides a fascinating case study of that theory.

Throughout 2024, 'several dozen people' were stripped of their positions and detained by Russian authorities and now Russia's elite fear they could be next in the 'purge'.

British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming Trump White House can effect meaningful,

Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.

A source close to the Kremlin told Meduza, an independent Russian outlet, that Putin is expecting a "big guest" from the U.S. on May 9. The source didn't elaborate on who the official could be, but said Trump himself "would be fantastic."

Solovyov proposed a land corridor through NATO countries, likening it to Trump's call to acquire Greenland for U.S. security.

Washington and London announced new coordinated sanctions against the Russian energy sector, particularly against Gazprom Neft, the subsidiary of the large state-owned Gazprom group. These sanctions aim to undermine "the Kremlin's largest source of funding" for the war effort in Ukraine.

Footage has shown the night sky being illuminated by a massive fire which erupted at an oil depot in the city of Lyudinovo, located in Russia 's Kaluga Oblast, after a Ukrainian drone strike last night.