The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India to strengthen economic and bilateral ties

The decision comes as Moscow, locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine, is seeking more control over the internet.

Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018

The deal is aimed at protecting critical undersea cables, which the UK and its Nato allies believe are under increasing threat from Moscow.

The EU has faced opposition from Belgium over its plan to fund Ukraine using €90bn of frozen Russian assets

Moscow has been linked to a string of hybrid attacks across Europe in recent months

Delhi visit gives Russian leader a chance to reduce Moscow’s isolation but both countries need each other to negotiate Trump’s US and a powerful China

Liquidity guarantees, legal protection, anti-corruption safeguards, 'Made in Europe' criteria: here's how Ursula von der Leyen intends to overcome the Belgian resistance and approve the reparations loan for Ukraine.

Ukrainian, British and Estonian officials chastise the Kremlin for apparently fruitless peace talks in Moscow. What we know on day 1,380

Meeting comes two days after Witkoff and Jared Kushner held five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By entertaining a Ukrainian peace deal whose miserable terms not even a desperate US president could accept – before then promptly abandoning it – Moscow is stalling for time. The coalition of the willing must put more pressure on the faltering Russian economy