UKRAINE, PRO-RUSSIAN REBELS SWAP HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS

The conflict in Ukraine began in 2014, when pro-Russian separatists took over parts of eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, which is composed of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces... READ MORE›

BIGGEST PRISONER SWAP IN CONFLICT TAKES PLACE

It is the biggest exchange of prisoners since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014... READ MORE›

'MATILDA' FILM ON LAST CZAR'S AFFAIR, SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN RUSSIA

Putin's push for national pride and increasing support for the Orthodox Church helped stoke opposition to the film... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN DRAFTS 150,000 CONSCRIPTS INTO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY

The Americans accused Russia of striking moderate rebel factions fighting Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime under cover of their claimed assault on the Islamic State group... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN ACCUSES US OF BACKING TERRORISM IN MIDDLE EAST

Putin said he asked Assad how he would react if Russia "found armed opposition groups who are really ready to fight terrorists" ..... READ MORE›

PUTIN FACING MULTI-MILLION POUND LEGAL ACTION OVER ALLEGED ROLE IN MH17 CRASH

The evidence at the crash site will not tell you if it was a Ukraine or Russian operator of the Buk launcher... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN IS FORBES MAGAZINE'S MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD

The 63-year-old Russian president has, unsurprisingly, retained his position at the top of the Forbes ranking of the world's most powerful people... READ MORE›

TURKEY DOWNING OF RUSSIA JET 'STAB IN THE BACK'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has bitterly condemned the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS' NUMBER OF ITS SOLDIERS KILLED IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Russia accidentally reveals number of its soldiers killed in eastern ukraine... READ MORE›

OBAMA AND PUTIN PLAY DIPLOMATIC POKER OVER SYRIA

Nor did Mr. Putin indicate that the Russian military buildup in Syria... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TOWN NEAR UKRAINE ONCE QUIET NOW BUZZES WITH MILITARY ACTIVITY

A year after the war started in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian military has largely abandoned efforts to disguise its activities along the border with Ukraine... READ MORE›

CONGRESS PROBING U.S. SPY AGENCIES' POSSIBLE LAPSES ON RUSSIA

A week after Russia plunged directly into Syria's civil war by launching a campaign of air strikes the intelligence committees of the U.S... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND

That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE›

STORM AS WOMAN, 24, GETS KEY UKRAINE JOB

I am extremely glad that you're one generation younger than me, wrote Denis Kazvan, formerly an interior ministry adviser... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

MOSCOW AND ELTON JOHN AT ODDS ON PUTIN CALL

Peskov, said late on Tuesday that Mr. Putin had never spoken to Mr. John... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'TRIED TO CUT OFF' WORLD WIDE WEB

Russian officials denied any such experiment had taken place... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CONFIRMS IT HAS MILITARY ADVISERS IN SYRIA

Russian military specialists help Syrians master Russian hardware and we can't understand the anti-Russian hysteria about this said Maria V... READ MORE›

BERLUSCONI SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN WANTS HIM TO BECOME RUSSIA'S ECONOMY MINISTER

But it seems Vladimir Putin's kindness to Silvio Berlusconi knows no bounds after he reportedly offered the former Italian leader the job of economy minister... READ MORE›

AIR FORCE SENDING ADVANCED FIGHTERS TO EUROPE

The F-22 deployment comes in response to requirements from commanders in the region James and Air Force Gen... READ MORE›

MARIUPOL JOURNAL SOUNDS OF WAR RECEDE TO BACKGROUND IN AN EASTERN UKRAINE CITY

Like many in Mariupol, he tries to read the mind of Russia's president, Vladimir V... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT OBAMA, RUSSIA'S PUTIN CLASH AT UNITED NATIONS OVER SYRIA

President obama russia's putin clash at united nations over syria... READ MORE›

'PUTIN IS OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF TESTING NATO'

Mikheil Saakashvili, enemy of Vladimir Putin who did much to implant democracy in Georgia, left the country in June, claiming he faced guaranteed imprisonment ... READ MORE›

The organization helped mediate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine that led to the Sept... READ MORE›

UKRAINE GUARDSMAN KILLED IN NATIONALIST PROTEST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk also blamed Svoboda, which has its main power-bases in western Ukraine, while Poroshenko said pseudo-patriots had been behind the violence... READ MORE›

POLICE OFFICER IS KILLED DURING UKRAINE PROTESTS

The chamber approved the constitutional amendment in a first reading, with 265 lawmakers in the 450-member Parliament voting in favor of the so-called decentralization bill during a raucous session... READ MORE›

UNITY CALL AS POPE FRANCIS HOLDS HISTORIC TALKS WITH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH

The Roman Catholic Church has more than a billion members worldwide, while the Russian Orthodox Church numbers about 165 million... READ MORE›

RUSSIA FIRES MISSILES FROM WARSHIPS INTO SYRIA AMID NEW GROUND OFFENSIVE

Russia fires missiles from warships into Syria amid new ground offensive... READ MORE›

RUSSIA HAS ADMITTED IT IS NOT JUST TARGETING ISIS IN SYRIA

Russian air strikes in Syria Vladimir Putin's spokesperson admits targeting rebel groups that aren't Isis... READ MORE›

RUSSIA EXHUMES CZAR NICHOLAS II IN SLAYINGS PROBE

But in July this year, at the request of the Russian Orthodox Church, further identification tests were ordered, according to officials... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SAYS REBELS SHOT DOWN FIGHTER JET

Ukraine's military blamed pro-Russian separatists of shooting down the MiG-29 jet on Sunday morning, close to the Russian border... READ MORE›

NADIA SAVCHENKO: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

A woman passes an election poster with a portrait of Nadia Savchenko, in Kiev, Ukraine How did she end up in Russia?... READ MORE›