Kremlin responds to ‘rift’ between Putin and foreign minister over Trump talks - A Trump-Putin summit was axed after Russia’s foreign minister was said to have taken a hardline stance on Ukraine

VLADIMIR Putin has reportedly cast aside his veteran foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in a spectacular fall from grace inside the Kremlin. It is understood Lavrov, 75, has been “sent into

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy claimed Washington and Moscow were close to a “diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine, estimating that the conflict would end

Burgas is Bulgaria's only oil refinery, and was a key part of Lukoil's foreign business empire, which is being threatened after the US joined Britain last month in imposing sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

TWO civilians have been “killed in a Russian FPV drone strike” while carrying a white flag as Ukraine opens a war crime case. Harrowing footage shows the moment two unarmed individuals

Much of the focus in the fighting has been around the city of Pokrovsk, a key site for both Ukraine and Russia. Meanwhile, UK defence intelligence reports Vladimir Putin wants to conscript 135,000 more Russians to fight.

Vladimir Putin ordered plans to restart Russia’s nuclear tests after Donald Trump said last week that America would carry out new weapon trials. The Russian defence minister advised Putin to prepare “for full-scale nuclear tests” given the US president’s decision, sparking fears of a new nuclear weapons race.

A deeply suspicious Vladimir Putin has claimed that Western spy networks are conspiring to weaken his rule and break Russia apart