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,

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

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

President Vladimir Putin has called on Russian investigative authorities to intensify efforts to safeguard what the Kremlin defines as “traditional values” and to counter what he described as mounting foreign interference in domestic affairs.

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 has stated that he wants to arrange a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Erdoğan during a press conference, as quoted by Turkish news agency Anadolu and reported by European Pravda Details: On Friday 25 July,

Ukrainian analysts have told Newsweek the move undoes a decade of democratic progress, although its president Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he backed a new draft law aimed at strengthening the independence the anti-corruption institutions. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian president's office and the Kremlin for comment.

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

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.