The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison.

Russian opposition leader’s allies say Kremlin blocked bigger memorial and put them under pressure to hold closed service

Beijing official said relations with Moscow are at an historic high.

South Korea says North Korea has sent Russia 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions since September.

Vasily Dubkov was detained and later released in Moscow

Leaked documents describe the Kremlin's concerted efforts to influence public opinion – using cinema, streaming series and TV programmes – to promote a narrative of Russian heroism, traditional values and loyalty towards President Vladimir Putin ahead of his March 15-17 bid for re-election.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin downplays fears of wider conflict in Chatham House speech

French President Emmanuel Macron has smashed a major taboo by floating the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine, raising the stakes in a showdown with a nuclear-armed Russia.

I can only imagine Vladimir Putin’s laughter in Moscow. Last week, Ben Jamal, director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told protesters at Westminster he wanted a situation where “they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself”. Three MPs — all women, naturally — have been given police protection.…