The Latest Breaking News from Russia

The US basketball player’s suspenseful account of her nightmarish nine months trapped in Russia’s draconian penal system also serves as a reminder of the potential pitfalls when autocrats invest in sport

Over the past decade, Russia has seen a sharp increase in treason and espionage cases

In a powerful tribute to the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who have perished since the Russian invasion of their homeland, the Union of Ukrainians of France led a peaceful march of several hundred people in Paris on Saturday

The 75-year alliance is at a perilous crux after a summit that failed to deliver for Kyiv or confront the threat Putin poses to Europe’s east

The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation.

British officials estimate that in Putin has lost in excess of 70,000 personnel in just two months of fighting

Russian shelling of Ukraine has killed three people as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot

The UN rights council adopted several resolutions this week dealing with women and gender rights, despite a mounting bid by Russia and others to remove "controversial concepts" around things like reproductive rights.

Russia has promised to repatriate Indians pressured into military service, some of them in Ukraine, after talks between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Up to 50 Indian nationals are believed to have fallen victim to the scheme, with reports of four fatalities on the Ukrainian front.