The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Top Russian economist Mau charged in 'large-scale' fraud case

Leading Russian economist Vladimir Mau has been charged with fraud "on an especially large scale", the interior ministry said on Thursday, in a shock to Russia's academic and economic elite.

Reuters · Jun 30, 2022

Putin can hold onto power in Russia if he backs down over Ukraine, Boris Johnson says

Russian president has sufficient support at home to tell his people that he is halting conflict ‘in the interests of peace’

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Kremlin tightens control over Russians' online lives – threatening domestic freedoms and the global internet

Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine in late February 2022, Russian internet users have experienced what has been dubbed the descent of a “digital iron curtain.”

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022

Naked multi-millionaire and his wife found stabbed to death in mystery killing

Russian multi-millionaire Yevgeny Palant was found stabbed to death in his home near Moscow - initial reports claim it was a murder-suicide triggered by jealousy but friends think he was murdered

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

Vladimir Putin accused of 'Nazi-style' campaign of mass torture in invaded Ukraine

Dmytro Orlov, the Ukrainian mayor of Enerhodar, said Kremlin troops are demanding ransoms of 50,000 Ukrainian hryvnias (£1,400) to be paid either to the soldiers or their relatives if they wish for detainees to be released

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

Boris Johnson says he won’t boycott G20 even if ‘pariah’ Putin goes

Giving up seat at summit would ‘risk propaganda opportunity’ for Russia, says PM

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Russia's antisemitism aimed at Ukraine's Zelenskyy is just the Kremlin variant of a very old European virus

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was asked in May 2022 how Russia could claim that Ukraine was run by Nazis, since Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2022

Western leaders would attend summit with Putin - to stop him plotting alone with China

Boris Johnson said western nations will not 'vacate our seats at the G20 and leave the whole argument to China, to Russia'

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

US Expands Russian Sanctions With Ban On Gold Imports

The United States has banned Russian gold imports, increasing sanctions against the country following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in February, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Benzinga · Jun 29, 2022

Kremenchuk attack latest to get Russian media blackout treatment

Only when Moscow confirmed missile strike did most Russian media begin coverage

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022