RUSSIA

Russia's central bank hiked interest rates to 21 percent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than 20 years amid surging inflation.

The International Criminal Court has reprimanded Mongolia for failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin during his latest visit.

A Russian University will be introducing a "Westernology" course aimed at exploring the "satanic Western civilisation".

The meeting in the city of Kazan is the largest diplomatic forum in Russia since Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022, triggering a barrage of Western sanctions and international condemnation.

The growing list of Russian business executives and government officials who have died under mysterious circumstances has gained another name.

'I have no strength left,' Mikhail Pichugin told the fishing crew that rescued him off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

Witnesses and local news outlets said raids took place in Kyiv and other cities, including Kharkiv and Dnipro.

Russia's defense minister Andrei Belousov urged more soldiers to be trained on the weapons, saying they are an effective tool in the fight in Ukraine

#TraitorTrump has begun trending on X (formerly Twitter) after it was confirmed that the former President sent COVID-19 testing equipment to Russia at the height of the pandemic.

Investigative journalist Bob Woodward reveals in his new book "War" what US leaders really think about other heads of state and government and each other.

The U.S. president later confronted his Russian counterpart about the plan, leading to a heated exchange over the potential for nuclear war.

Residents in Feodosia said a series of powerful blasts rocked the coastal Black Sea city around 4:30 a.m. local time and sent pillars of flame and smoke into the sky.

Stephen Hubbard was accused of serving as a mercenary to defend the eastern city of Izyum following the 2022 Russian invasion.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he was ready to "expand" cooperation, as the two leaders exchanged congratulations on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, state media said.

'If we would do this, they would never attack Ukraine. But they did this just because they saw no reaction,' Oleksiy Goncharenko said during a fiery speech.

Video and images released Monday show the plane just feet away from a NORAD aircraft.

The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on one of the men and a virtual currency exchange operating in Russia

The website claiming to be a news station in San Francisco was reportedly registered in Iceland, and went offline days after posting the fake article.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 600 suspected spies have been expelled from Russian embassies across Europe

The RS-28 Sarmat, also known as Satan II, was designed to carry 16 independently targetable nuclear warheads to the U.S. and Europe.

A Russian late-night strike on a residential neighborhood of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv wounded 21 people, officials said Sunday