Tag: President Vladimir Putin

Russia standup comic Aleksandr Dolgopolov, 25, (pictured) fled for Israel in January after his jokes about Christianity and President Vladimir…

A well-known Russian priest is planning to build the world’s largest Orthodox church near the site where Russia’s last czar…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the new Russian government, including a new economy minister and deputy prime minister, but…

Auschwitz is marking the 75th anniversary by the Red Army towards the end of the Second World War, although Russian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed a package to increase birth rates from an average of under 1.5 per woman…

Russia has defended its deployment of nuclear-capable weapons in Kaliningrad, its enclave between Poland and Lithuania. The advanced Iskander missiles…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s veteran leader, Vladimir Putin, have called for a Libyan ceasefire. The two populist…

The unstable southern Russian republic of Chechnya is offering military-themed holidays in an unconventional attempt to attract up to 400,000…

Russia and Poland have been arguing over the causes of the Second World War as the US aggravated the issue…

Ukraine and Russian-backed militias in eastern Ukraine have swapped prisoners as part of a deal agreed this month at a…

The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, says moves by Russia to force a merger could start a war with western…

Russia has deployed its latest hypersonic missile, which is said to be capable of striking the United States. Defence Minister…

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in the driver’s cabin and sounded the horn of the first official train to cross…

A Russian journalist appears to have been forced to resign amid speculation that it was because she asked Russian President…

A Russian billionaire killed near his £6-million mansion in southern England in November had enemies and “intense financial disputes”, according…