The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

The US is trying to secure release of basketball star Brittney Griner and ex-marine Paul Whelan, both held in Russia.

A week into Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a gesture of solidarity with his soldiers at the front: injured men could claim compensation of three million roubles, equivalent to about $50,000 or the amount an average Russian worker would earn in four years.

Belarus recalled its ambassador to Britain on Friday in response to what it called "hostile and unfriendly" actions by London.

UK defence ministry says Russian private military firm allocated specific sectors of front line in eastern Ukraine.

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The Biden administration likes to say Russia is now isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine

As appalling as the Russian foreign minister’s admission is, it does not change the reasons to avoid a war with Moscow.

Kremlin spokesperson Dimitry Peskov says ‘no agreements’ have been ‘finalised’

Off the Suffolk coast, industrial-scale transfers of Russian crude reveal a major hole in efforts to squeeze the Kremlin, Ben Chapman writes

The Kremlin has warned that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfare

The Kremlin vowed to further restrict Western media in Russia on Wednesday after the EU's top court upheld European sanctions that took Moscow's RT (Russia Today) channel off-air across the continent.