Moscow also alleged that European intelligence services and Ukraine intend to "assassinate Russian opposition figures abroad" and blame Russia.

Putin has long viewed nostalgia as a powerful means of reassuring — and subduing — the public. Putin revived the Soviet anthem and restored the Red Army flag as the official banner of the military.

In its balance of payments report, the central bank noted the increasing pressure of Western sanctions on Russian exports, which fell by 2% in 2024. Russia is the world's largest wheat exporter ...

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The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for ...

A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network. The Barbados ship registry said that ...

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A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.