The Latest Breaking News from Russia

The scandal between Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan and Russian fencer Anna Smirnova raised questions about neutrality, the limits of sportsmanship and one of fencing's oldest traditions, the handshake.

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.

Russian authorities early Tuesday accused Kyiv of yet another attack on Moscow and its surroundings with drones, one of which hit a building in the capital that was damaged by a drone just days ago in a similar attack early Sunday

Belarus rejected claims it violated airspace as ‘far-fetched’; Moscow-installed governor of Crimea says ‘UAV shot down in the Kara-Koba region’

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Zelensky calls for long-range weapons for Kyiv to defeat ‘Russian savages’

Poland will increase the number of troops at its border with Belarus after two Belarusian helicopters caused a "violation of Polish airspace" on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. Minsk has denied the claim. The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack" early on Tuesday and downed…

Sunak calls decision by Moscow judges ‘unjustifiable’

WNBA star re-signed with Phoenix Mercury after release from Russian prison

Moscow mayor says the office building damaged was the same one hit in an attack on Sunday.