The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

Top players such as Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev are back after the All England Club lifted its controversial ban

Russia’s elites are distancing themselves from Putin, even if they won’t revolt just yet, say analysts.

In today’s newsletter: World leaders descend on Vilnius, Lithuania this week for Nato’s annual summit – but what’s on the agenda?

Russian president says ‘all of them could have gathered in one place and continued to serve’

On June 29, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders met for three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin, vowing loyalty to the government.

On June 24, as Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebel Wagner forces advanced towards Moscow, a group of military vehicles took an eastern diversion towards a fortified Russian army base believed to house nuclear weapons, Reuters reported after interviews with local residents and going through videos posted online.

As the conflict enters its 503rd day, these are the main developments.

Private firms face calls to pay back money they earned collecting erroneous welfare debts; Australia sending surveillance plane to protect aid convoys

It is an astonishing twist after Putin called Prigozhin a backstabbing traitor and exiled him to Belarus, and it has fuelled claims the Russian regime has been hugely weakened

For 36 hours, Russian president appeared to be on the brink as Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary fighters left frontline in Ukraine to occupy Rostov-on-Don and march on Moscow