For Mr Medinsky, spreading that message comes naturally. He has spent decades peddling a nationalist ideology that casts Russia as a great power, much maligned and mistreated by the West. He described the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as a “gathering of Russian lands” and co-wrote a set of history textbooks,

Moscow has reportedly struck a deal with New Delhi to bring in up to one million Indian workers to help ease manpower problems as the war in Ukraine continues

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to call US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week. He intends to propose holding a meeting on Ukraine in Istanbul, Hurriyet reports.

The Kremlin has been hit by sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, meaning that Vladimir Putin cannot afford the cost of the repair job for his massive war vessel

Vladimir Putin's crackdown on corruption and opposition to his war in Ukraine has seen a number of Kremlin officials die in suspicious circumstances

A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have told Newsweek.

Vladimir Putin could unleash a nuclear attack on US satellites in space, an expert on the topic has warned. Elena Grossfeld, an expert on Russian space arms and intelligence operations at King’s College London,

The Kremlin has commented on the possibility of a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this summer, Russia's Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says.

President Vladimir Putin joined mourners on Thursday to say farewell to his former classmate Irina Podnosova, the head of Russia's Supreme Court, who died earlier this week aged 71.

Last year, about 200 ships and vessels were part of the flotilla that made its way along the river from the mouth of the Baltic Sea.