Nikolai Patrushev had served as an intelligence agent with the Soviety KGB and Russian FSB before he was selected as the head of the agency by Putin.
Here, we look at some of the most vivid pictures that show the devastation brought to Ukraine by the war.
The net worth of Oleg Y. Tinkov, the founder of TCS Group Holding and the digital Tinkoff Bank, has fallen to $8.23 billion after he was forced by Kremlin to sell his company shares, a report said.
Russian host Olga Skabeyeva said Russia is currently fighting against NATO infrastructure.
In a rare prisoner exchange amidst the war in Ukraine, Russia released ex-Marine Trevor Reed into US custody in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking.
Putin said the FSB foiled an assassination attempt on Russian state TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov.
Alina Kabaeva was rumored to be hunkered down in a chalet in Switzerland when Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine.
The exchange of letters began shortly after Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on April 11, a report said.
Ukraine's President claimed that Russia has plans to invade other nations
Ukraine's former prime minister also warned that Russia may be aiming to achieve any victory by May 9.
"A passport with the surname ‘Navalny’ lies next to the dead body on the ground," Alexei Navalny wrote on Twitter.
“Putin has already lost this war. I want to say that and I want to say it loudly. He’s lost the war. Now he’s fighting to win one battle so he can pursue peace,” the former ambassador said.
The deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council previously threatened the use of nuclear weapons if Finland and Sweden join NATO.
Concerns are mounting among Ukrainian experts that Russia's sunken Moskva battlecruiser may have been carrying nuclear weapons onboard.
Russia has warned the United States to stop arming Ukraine or provoke "unpredictable consequences" after losing the flagship of its Black Sea fleet allegedly to Ukrainian missiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently the richest world leader, with a net worth of $70 billion.
The Russian-Israeli oligarch Leonid Nevzlin said defense minister Sergei Shoigu is in intensive care after suffering a “massive heart attack” as a result of an assassination attempt ordered by Putin.
Bill Browder was once the largest foreign investor in Russia before he became a Putin critic.
Russian authorities attempted to smuggle escaped pro-Russian politician and oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk to Moscow, the Security Service of Ukraine alleged.
Germany’s President Frank Steinmeier canceled a trip to Kyiv alongside other European leaders after Ukrainian diplomats informed him that his presence would not be welcome.
Former President Barack Obama shared his views on Russia's President Vladimir Putin in a recent interview where he admitted his former rival has changed, but has always been "ruthless".
The three-floor penthouse spans 4,800 square feet and is one of 21 elite apartments in the complex known as Berezovaya Alley.