The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russia under President Vladimir Putin has been closing in on those who challenge the Kremlin

The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap — and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence…

Russian state media says that part of a residential building has collapsed in southern Russia, killing one woman and sparking a search for any residents who might be trapped in the rubble

‘I’m waiting for the thank you’ says Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Aleksandra Skochilenko replaced five supermarket price tags with pieces of paper urging shoppers to stop the war

Opposition motions calling for a range of sanctions against Israel were voted down in the Dail parliament on Wednesday.

Finland’s government says it will close four crossing points on its long border with Russia to stop the flow of migrants that it accuses Moscow of ushering to the border in recent months

Finland accuses Russia of trying to destabilise the country by encouraging undocumented migration.

Membership bids in Europe sometimes accomplish the opposite of what they intend.

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957, it did more than spark fears about America’s ability to compete technologically. It also raised concerns that the U.S. had a shortage of Russian speakers capable of monitoring Soviet scientific and military activities.

Germany, already Europe's biggest supporter of Ukraine, has unveiled plans to double its military aid to Kyiv for 2024, while continuing to invest in its armed forces in order to become "the backbone of European defence". It’s a strategy shift Berlin hopes to maintain over the long term, but counting…