From a retired KGB agent in 1990 to becoming the Acting President of Russia in 1999, Vladimir Putin’s rise was swift with few ...

The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany gathered in the Belarusian capital to settle the armed conflict that erupted in Donbass ...

In what has been a grim 12 months, this December has provided us with a whiff of hope. Al-Assad and his monstrous regime were toppled in Syria and Notre-Dame cathedral gloriously reopened after five ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has extended an olive branch to US President-elect Donald Trump, declaring that France is “a ...

Billionaire Viatcheslav Kantor’s lavish London mansion stalled due to sanctions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with over ...

at the presidential palace in Minsk. -/Kremlin/dpa Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russian forces have captured 189 locations in Ukraine so far this year. "The Russian armed ...

Vladimir Putin bet on Bashar al-Assad’s murderous rule. Now Russia is shifting course. By Katie Stallard In the early hours of 8 December, as Syrian rebels swept towards Bashar al-Assad’s presidential ...

EXCLUSIVE: Both Russia and Ukraine are trying to "maximise their position" prior to the return of Donald Trump to the White ...

One leader who stands out is Russian President Vladimir Putin, widely believed to be the richest politician in the world.

The Russian government has been accused of using prison inmates to swell its ranks, with some reports suggesting that more ...

Kyiv disputes that Putin’s forces have captured frontline Kurakhove as Kursk battle rages - Ukraine’s general staff says it ...

SOME 25 years ago today Vladimir Putin seized power – but despite his tyrannical rule his fragile regime always sits just one ...