Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hosted Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Putin has suggested missiles could be used to hit Kyiv's allies who have given Ukraine permission to use Western-supplied weapons to hit targets.

Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia's Black Sea coast appealed in a video released on Monday for President Vladimir Putin to urgently send federal aid, saying that they and local authorities were overwhelmed.

It took Assad’s regime to fall and Putin to accept it meekly for the West to appreciate that things weren’t all that rosy in Tsar Vladimir’s rotting kingdom.

Considering the degree to which Shefler has gotten under Putin’s skin, the knowledgeable source said, “It’s surprising he’s lasted this long.”

The explanation for Putin’s obsession with Ukraine and why the country’s Orange Revolution sparked him to such an extent lies in Putin’s comprehension of Russia’s identity and his initial political exposure as a KGB officer in Eastern Europe when the Soviet Empire collapsed.

Russia's Vladimir Putin, in his annual marathon news conference, laments "serious blunders" by his security forces and says he'll meet Trump "any time" about Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about the economy and hailed his troops’ gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show.

Vladimir Putin wants a sit-down with Donald Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.