16 hours ago - Moscow hits Ukraine with hail of drones and missiles as US president says Kyiv ‘less ready for a deal’ than Russia.

3 days ago - In his column for this U.K. newspaper, Inman argues that despite near-zero growth, almost 20% interest rates and new tax hikes, Russia’s macro position looks resilient, with public debt just under 20% of GDP and a budget deficit of about 3.5%. Inman quotes Richard Connolly of RUSI as saying that “we are not near the economy being a decisive factor” in the Kremlin’s war decisions, and stresses that Russia can still fund the war “this year and perhaps next.” In addition to low levels of public debt, other recent good news for the Russian economy (or at least for its imports) is that Russia’s ruble outpaced every major currency against the dollar in 2025, according to Bloomberg.

5 hours ago - Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground ... Russia says any foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, after UK and France pledge troops

46 minutes ago - Russia is watching with glee as U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to acquire Greenland widens splits with Europe even though his moves could have serious security ramifications for Moscow, which covets its own presence in the Arctic.

4 hours ago - A judge ruled that the proceedings would be held behind closed doors at the request of Russia's Central Bank, which sought to "protect banking secrecy...

1 hour ago - The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", and that Moscow is studying the proposal and hopes for contacts with Washington concerning it.

3 days ago - The Kremlin called Trump's threats to take over Greenland "extraordinary" on Friday, adding that Moscow will continue to closely monitor the situation.

1 hour ago - A Russian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP

3 days ago - French researcher Laurent Vinatier was freed by Moscow in exchange for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin.

1 week ago - More than one million of its soldiers have been killed or wounded since the full-scale invasion in 2022, with 25,000 killed in the month of December 2025 alone, according to Nato.

3 weeks ago - Russia calls up 135,000 conscripts for military service in autumn mobilisation draft, defence ministry says ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the accusation that Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence as a lie, adding that Moscow was preparing the ground to strike government buildings in Kyiv, according to the Reuters news agency.

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2 days ago - Vladimir Putin's mouthpiece has spoken positively about European leaders, but singled out the UK for criticism. Britain, meanwhile, has rolled out new energy support for Ukraine as Russia targets its infrastructure.

3 weeks ago - BBC News Russian counts Moscow's war losses using official reports, newspapers, social media, and new memorials and graves

2 weeks ago - Russian mortality rates reportedly soar, troops test new tactics and Zelenskyy reshuffles Defence Ministry.

2 weeks ago - Russia’s defence ministry claimed that Ukraine has targeted Moscow with drones every day of 2026 so far, in what would mark an escalation from earlier, more sporadic attacks on the Russian capital. By midnight on Sunday alone, Russian air defence systems had destroyed 57 drones over the Moscow region out of 437 downed over Russia, the ministry said.

3 weeks ago - The government of Russia has made a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop its pursuit of an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela and is now fleeing the Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

1 week ago - The Kremlin has not commented on Trump's Greenland ambitions, with analysts saying they serve a bigger purpose for Moscow.