The Latest Breaking News from Russia

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Russia could be planning to blow up Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in a bid to halt the advance of Ukrainian troops and force Kyiv into premature peace talks that favour the Kremlin.

Russian pop star Julia Volkova looks a world away from her days in T.a.T.u, whose noughties single All The Things She Said was banned from TV for being too provocative

The former Boston forward finds himself blacklisted by Sweden's basketball association, forbidden to play for the Swedish National Team as a result of his decision.

Moscow briefly closes airport amid reports of drone attack; Jens Stoltenberg’s term as Nato secretary general extended by a year

India’s prime minister on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at rival neighbor Pakistan and avoided mentioning the war in Ukraine while addressing a group of Asian countries led by China and Russia

Authorities in Ukraine, which generally avoid commenting on attacks on Russian soil, didn't say whether it launched the drone raid.

Hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on July 4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the food, fuel, fertiliser crisis is a big challenge for all countries in the world…

Ukrainian forces have had a “particularly fruitful” last few days in destroying Russian fuel depots, command posts, air defences and artillery, a senior official said on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia

The Russian military says it has fended off a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's airports