Putin’s attacks on energy grid condemned as ‘nuclear terrorism’ - UN’s nuclear watchdog confirms strikes affect Ukraine's ‘nuclear safety and security’

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.

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 U.S. sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil companies Wednesday amid Moscow’s refusal to work toward an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

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.

President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country and suggesting state action to address the issue.