US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid tensions over a peace deal with Ukraine, stating he's "got to make a deal". Speaking to reporters in Turnberry,

Former Finnish President Sauli Niininsto has met Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. DW spoke to him about diplomacy to end the Russian war against Ukraine, NATO and the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.

Vladimir Putin may be growing increasingly worried about a small NATO member on Russia's doorstep that is openly preparing for potential warfare.In what resembles a David versus Goliath standoff, the tiny Baltic state of Lithuania has started boosting military expenditures and conducting war games in response to escalating threats from Moscow.

In a significant sign of vulnerability, Russia has abruptly canceled its flagship Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, a major annual showcase of military strength. -The Kremlin cited vague “security reasons,

Russian heavy metal and goth music fans in Russia could face prison after Vladimir Putin banned "satanists". The Kremlin's top court has outlawed the "international satanism movement" as an extremist and terrorist group - despite no such group existing.

The Kremlin on Monday said it would not rule out a potential meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump during celebrations in China this September marking the end of World War II.

For Mr Medinsky, spreading that message comes naturally. He has spent decades peddling a nationalist ideology that casts Russia as a great power, much maligned and mistreated by the West. He described the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as a “gathering of Russian lands” and co-wrote a set of history textbooks,

The Kremlin said on Friday that a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could only happen as a final step to seal a peace deal.