Intelligence sources reveal Vladimir Putin survived a daring Novichok poison plot. Now paranoid, he is reportedly frisking his own soldiers and ordering secret executions as new assassination plans emerge from angry oligarchs and spies.

Vladimir Putin tightens grip on power by promoting family members and younger allies to his inner circle as economic strain and opposition threats mount in Russia.

The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on a kleptocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was removed this month as president of the Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina for chipping away at the US-brokered peace deal that ended bloody ethnic violence in the Balkans in the 1990s.

Though Trump said his October 16 call with Putin was “very productive”, the Russian leader annoyed his US counterpart by extolling Moscow’s supposed battlefield successes near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and the Oskil river, said two people briefed on their conversation.

Touting new weapons tests, Moscow signals to Washington that it must contend with the Kremlin’s power and negotiate.

The Kremlin has issued a stern warning to the US after President Trump announced plans to resume nuclear weapons testing, saying Russia would "act accordingly"

By holding nuclear drills and boasting about the successful test of a pioneering nuclear-powered cruise missile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to President Donald Trump: Moscow wouldn’t be cowed into concessions on Ukraine.

The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the country's "unique" nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile after the military carried out new tests of the long-range missile and several of Moscow's most destructive weapons.

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting follows last month's meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.