The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for Ukraine

The American-made Merops system, compact enough for a pickup truck, identifies and intercepts drones

Analysts say a purge of the Russian regime’s own supporters is under way as rival factions turn on each other

Lukoil’s Burgas plant is Bulgaria’s only refinery; Slovakia running out of reasons to buy Russian gas as US import deal takes shape. What we know on day 1,352

Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson replied Wednesday to a post by Hugh Dougherty, editor of the Daily Beast, who shared an article about how the outlet had been dealt with rudely by the administration

Trump recently claimed that Russia and China were already carrying out nuclear weapons tests.

The decisions sparked fears of a new nuclear weapons race

ANALYSIS: Recently returned from the front lines near Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, world affairs editor Sam Kiley explains that Russian claims they’ve encircled Ukrainian forces are bogus

Pianist and composer Justus Frantz has regularly divided opinion in Germany's classical music world over his close relationship with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Now he's set disapproving tongues wagging again within the industry by accepting Moscow's Order of Friendship award.

In an interview with Euronews, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Germany to deliver its Taurus missiles to Kyiv, also calling on allies to supply more weapons and strengthen Ukraine’s defence.

Burgas refinery is the only one of its kind in Bulgaria and was a vital party of Lukoil's foreign business empire