Russia

If confirmed, firing of weapon would mark first time missile – which can carry nuclear payload – has been used

The fearless widow of Alexei Navalny, the anticorruption activist poisoned and murdered by the Kremlin, tells Decca Aitkenhead about their perilous family life and why she is continuing her husband’s fight to save their country.

Kiev’s “foray” into Russia sought to prevent a swift end to the wider conflict, Aleksandr Bortnikov has said

The president has suggested several new criteria that would merit a nuclear response

Six people, mostly in mid-level positions, showed “signs of intelligence and subversive work” according to the Russian FSB

Kyiv and Moscow say military action is under way to retake Russian territory

The Defense Ministry says ten border settlements have been captured in the last 48 hours

Eleven UAVs have been downed in the vicinity of the Russian capital overnight, according to the Defense Ministry

All over the world, the old military rules are being broken, this has the potential to become very dangerous

The Ukrainian attack has already led to civilian casualties, the National Antiterrorism Committee has said

Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years

Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group

The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated attacks in two of the republic’s most important cities.

President Vladimir Putin's nomination of top economic official Andrei Belousov as defence minister is a sign of the importance the Russian leader places on the war economy in gaining the upper hand in what he expects will be a long conflict against Ukraine, analysts say.

The Russian president has proposed appointing Andrey Belousov instead