Domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle inflation, which has accelerated under record military spending.

President Trump is turning up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first days in power, seeking to pressure ...

The Russian leader is reportedly facing growing pressure from Russia's elite to engage in peace talks to end the war.

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming ...

VLADIMIR Putin’s snarling mouthpieces have launched a furious tirade at the West after Donald Trump’s “end-the-war” ultimatum ...

'Russia, of course, is economically interested in negotiating a diplomatic end to the conflict,' Oleg Vyugin, former deputy ...

At a meeting in Davos, NATO allies faced pushback on the idea of extending membership of the alliance to embattled Ukraine.

Any attempt to get Ukraine into Nato will run into a “buzz saw” in Washington unless Europe pays for it, a top diplomat for ...

Out of the estimated 11,000 troops sent from North Korea, 4,000 were battle casualties in just three months of fighting – including at least 1,000 killed – the officials said on condition of anonymity ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance.

The Ukrainian government has postponed a summit at which it was to discuss with its allies a common position vis-à-vis Moscow ...

To bring Russia to the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin needs to believe time is no longer on his ...