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Russia claims the UK's decision to board and detain Russian shadow fleet vessels is 'piracy' and Vladimir Putin's top ...

At least two businessmen have reportedly already said they will donate money to the Kremlin’s budget so Putin can continue ...

A loyal pro-Kremlin blogger who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal and thief” has ...

Moscow butcher Vladimir Putin is lording over a secret network of gulags where prisoners are brutally tortured in dozens of ...

From liberal dissident to MAGA darling, the transformation of the prime minister who brought Budapest back into Moscow’s ...

Speculation about a coup in Russia has grown amid fuel disruptions and criticism of Vladimir Putin, but officials say there ...

Vladimir Putin's reduced public presence amid war setbacks and unrest is fuelling rare talk of failure and coups, exposing cracks in the Kremlin's once-solid image.

Nato leaders pushing against Ukraine joining their alliance are far too receptive to Vladimir Putin’s “imperial fantasies”, Kyiv’s ambassador has said.

President Donald Trump is being compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he told reporters that the operation in ...

The wall of fire at Russia’s prized Ust-Luga oil port sent plumes of smoke into the air so high that they could be seen from ...

Trust in Russian President Vladimir Putin fell to its lowest level since before the start of the invasion of Ukraine, as a ...