The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Georgia's crucial parliamentary election and foreign policy dilemmas amid EU aspirations and ties with Russia.

Russia's central bank hiked interest rates to 21 percent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than 20 years amid surging inflation.

Observers say country’s democratic future hanging in balance after Moscow-aligned ruling party’s threats to ban opposition

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is claiming that North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend

Elections in Georgia on Saturday will pit pro-Western opposition forces against a ruling party that is increasingly under Russian influence. While polls indicate that opposition parties may be able to form a winning coalition, experts fear that the ruling party may attempt to cling to power.

Reclusive British artist, who hasn’t released new music in over a decade, gave a rare interview to the BBC as she shares a new animated short film inspired by the Russia-Ukraine conflict

There’s a degree of irony that countries attending the 2024 Brics summit this week voted to adopt the Kazan declaration (named for the capital city of the autonomous republic of Tatarstan in Russia, where the summit is being held). The declaration’s first clause emphasises that “all states should act consistently…

People holding ‘their breath’ to see what’s in store for them in Rachel Reeves’s first budget, reports GfK

As the war enters its 973rd day, these are the main developments.

Seoul ‘strongly urges’ immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops from Russia.

News that troops from North Korea could be joining Russians on the battlefield in Ukraine has caused deep concern in Seoul