Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia's war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world.

Gazprom previously said it was halting flows through Nord Stream 1 because of a technical fault

Moscow will not allow its interests to be harmed at any such negotiations, Dmitry Peskov has warned

For those leaving Eastern Ukraine, there's often little choice but to head to Russia

Gorbachev was granted a public send-off but denied full state honours

The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.

He had not meant the Soviet Union to die like that.

He led the country through difficult and “dramatic” times, the Russian president said

Gazprom has announced it will halt supplies to Engie following the French company’s failure to pay for gas deliveries in July

He will be remembered as the father of 'perestroika' but also for presiding over the fall of the Soviet Union

Over 1,000 Ukrainian service members were killed in a botched operation in the south of the country, Moscow has claimed

Speaking to CNN in the evening, an anonymous source within the Ukrainian military said its forces had also recaptured four villages in Kherson Oblast.

Ukraine says it has begun counter-offensive to retake Russian-held south.

Ukraine has not forgotten any of its cities, the president says

Moscow’s ally has modified its warplanes to deploy Russian weapons, the president claimed

The outgoing PM urged President Zelensky not to seek peace

U.S. believes Russia may target civilian, government infrastructure in coming days

The Russian leader delights in Cold War-style trades.

The response to the killing of Darya Dugina shows Washington’s lack of credibility on human rights, Russia’s Foreign Ministry says

The security situation may change “without warning,” the embassy in Kiev says