The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia's election commission on Monday hailed what it said were "record" results for President Vladimir Putin, guaranteeing the former spy a fifth term in office after a vote that featured no credible opposition.

The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter’s imprisonment is a gross injustice and an affront to press freedom

Ex-president’s support for the Russian strongman has experts fretting over American interests and security sources overseas

President Vladimir Putin won a fifth term in the Kremlin with 87.28 percent of the vote, Russia's electoral commission said Monday, after a three-day ballot in which he ran against no real challengers. While Putin’s friends and allies were quick to congratulate him, Western leaders denounced what they called an…

Friends and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin were quick to congratulate him on his election win but Western leaders denounced what they called an illegal election.

Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87% of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia's opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.

Vladimir Putin secures fifth term as Russian President amidst mixed reactions and international scrutiny.

Russian president’s speech marking 10 years since Crimea focuses on ‘Russia’s pride’ and ‘glory’ in front of crowd in central Moscow

Learn about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, sparked by the annexation of Crimea in 2014, with tensions escalating to Cold War levels.

In today’s newsletter: Another election win means the Russian president will probably stay in power until 2030 – an uncomfortable prospect for its war-weary neighbours

French President Emmanuel Macron will not send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him for his landslide re-election on Sunday, in a vote that France and other western countries said was neither free, nor fair.