The Russian wartime leader has forged forward with a recruitment drive as peace talks flounder with Washington and Kyiv.

A luxury limousine from Putin's official car fleet reportedly exploded near the headquarters of Russia's main intelligence agency.

Following the Prosecutor General’s Office request, the Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door hearing to discuss the matter on April 17.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is to be the guest of honour when Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with the annual Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square on May 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin was open to the idea of restoring relations between Finland and Russia, which it accused Helsinki of reducing to "nearly zero" after it joined NATO.

The spring call-up for a year's military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million and its number

Vladimir Putin has issued a warning to Donald Trump amid his threats to strike Iran over a nuclear deal. Moscow said that strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure would have “catastrophic consequences”.

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Last Wednesday, on the eve of the summit of Ukraine's allies in Paris, Volodymyr Zelensky declared that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, would "die soon" as opposed to himself who is "younger".

New Delhi will be among the few capitals to host the Russian president since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.

According to unofficial reports from The Moscow Times, Russia aims to remove Zelensky, hoping his potential successor will be more inclined towards territorial concessions. Russian expert Dr. Wojciech Siegień believes that Putin has overstepped with his demands and that Trump will realize he is being played.