The Latest Breaking News from Leonid Slutsky

Port and Shenhua are tussling for the title after years of underachievement under the canny management of Kevin Muscat and Leonid Slutsky

President Vladimir Putin faces just three rivals in Russia's March 15-17 presidential election after anti-war candidates were barred from running. But Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov do not pose much of a challenge for the Russian leader, who is all but guaranteed to secure another six-year term.

Ange Postecoglou is continuing to keep tabs on the winger with reports claiming he is set to undergo a medical within the next 24 hours after making a move to Scotland his priority.

The Premiership champions appear on the brink of signing the Montenegro international for a cut-price fee from Russian club.

A Moscow-backed separatist leader says nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters taken prisoner from the besieged Mariupol steel plant will face tribunals.

A Russian lawmaker taking part in peace talks with Kyiv said on Tuesday that Russia should consider the death penalty for what he called nationalist fighters from Ukraine's Azov regiment.

A Russian lawmaker taking part in talks with Ukraine said negotiations were difficult and accused representatives from Kyiv of "rolling back" on existing agreements, TASS news agency reported on Thursday.

Russian officials lined up to go on state TV to denounce US President Joe Biden, who said Putin was “bent on violence” and that there was “simply no justification or provocation for Russia’s choice of war” in Ukraine

Russia's delegation at peace talks with Ukraine "will not concede a single negotiating point," RIA news agency cited negotiator Leonid Slutsky as telling a television station on Wednesday.