The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Images of tanks in streets of Moscow evoked the faltering Soviet Union’s final months in 1991, raising hopes of history repeating itself

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fighters overtake largest city in southern Russia with sights set on capital before extraordinary U-turn

Rebel Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin says he controls the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of a bid to oust the military leadership

Yevgheny Prigozhin claims Russian military killed scores of his fighters in rocket attack while Moscow accuses him of armed mutiny

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reportedly mediated talks with Putin’s agreement

Troops from the Wagner group have crossed into Russia from Ukraine and pledged to 'destroy anyone who stands in our way'

Yevgeny Prigozhin says his fighters will march on capital unless military leaders come to him in extraordinary escalation of tensions

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday that a contingent of his fighters who advanced towards Moscow in what he described as a rebellion against Russian military leaders would turn back to avoid bloodshed, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin's grip on power. In a deal brokered by…

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but the Wagner leader’s threats against the country’s military leadership show tensions escalating to an alarming extent