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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that no one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power in a speech delivered during the country’s Victory Day parade celebration which honours the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two.

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fixed re-election with 87.28 per cent of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation. However, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticized the election for taking place in a restricted environment and not being...

Leonid Volkov, the former chief of staff for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, released a video on telegram on Wednesday, blaming Russian President Vladimir ‘Putin’s gangsters” after he said he was attacked by an assailant armed with a meat hammer.

More than a hundred million people are eligible to vote in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine. Vladimir Putin looks assured to be declared the winner. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explores how he stays in power and what another term means for the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Saturday that “It’s obvious that Putin and other scumbags are just trying to find someone else to blame” for a massacre at a concert hall near Moscow on Friday.

WARNING: Video contains disturbing images. Discretion is advised. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that all those responsible for the deadly mass shooting on a concert near Moscow would be punished. “We will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists, who prepared this attack against Russia, against our people,” he said.

President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said will strengthen the “Fatherland.” The outcome means Putin, 71, is set to embark on a new six-year term that will see him become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200...

The polls are now closed in Russia’s first presidential election since the country’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The results confirmed expectations, with Vladimir Putin winning a fifth term as president. The election commission in Moscow says Putin secured around 87 per cent of votes counted so far. Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, died...

Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany’s former chief of staff, has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania. Crystal Goomansingh explains how Volkov says this is a “gangster hello” from Russian President Vladimir Putin; what Volkov said just one day before the assault; and the extent of his injuries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that the country will treat the U.S. as “interventionists” if they sent troops to Ukraine. “From the technical point of view, of course we are ready,” Putin told a journalist, when asked whether Russia was really ready for a...

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that setting up a nuclear-powered unit in space is a top priority for the country, adding that “This sphere needs to get special attention from us. For it firstly to develop and secondly, to be used in the future in order to fill the tasks that require this...

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to respond to attacks on Belgorod, which are being blamed on Ukraine’s armed forces. Putin claims the attacks are an attempt to derail Russia’s presidential elections. Voting began on Friday and will continue through the weekend, though the result is almost certain to extend Putin rule in Moscow. But as...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his death in prison last month, on the condition that Navalny would not return. “Yes, he has passed away. It is always a sad event. We have had other cases where people in prison...

Voters in Russia are heading to the polls this weekend in the country’s three-day presidential election, which ends on Sunday. However, experts say the event amounts to little more than democracy theatre. Any serious opposition challenger have either been prevented from running, are in prison, or dead — including Alexei Navalny. As a result, Vladimir...

Yulia Navalnaya is urging the European Union (EU) to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin, less than two weeks after her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, mysteriously died in prison. Eric Sorensen reports on Navalnaya’s powerful message, and the plans for her husband’s funeral.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told NATO countries on Thursday they risked nuclear conflict if they sent troops to Ukraine, adding that Russia must strengthen its western military district after Finland and Sweden’s admission to the Atlantic alliance. The United States and key European allies this week said they had no plans to send ground troops...

Two days prior to her husband Alexei Navalny’s funeral, Yulia Navalnaya spoke in front of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, offering scathing words about and suggestions for “defeating” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “coward” and a “weakling” during a visit to Ukraine on the 2nd anniversary of the war. “What happened to Alexei Navalny demonstrates that for all that Putin pretends to be strong — he’s actually a coward. To execute ones’ political opponents, to quash dissent by...

The Kremlin has called the West’s reaction to Alexei Navalny’s death “unacceptable” and “absolutely rabid.” It says it has launched a probe into the incident, but for many outside of Russia, the blame has been clear and focused strictly on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Eric Sorensen takes a look at Putin’s history of silencing dissent.

U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, warning there is always the threat of nuclear conflict but that the existential threat to humanity remains climate change. The following day, Putin responded to a reporter’s question about Biden’s “rude” comment by...