The Kremlin has officially incorporated the occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Nov.

The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden's assessment of Russia as the biggest threat to U.S. national security was wrong and encouraged hatred of Russia.

Under Putin, however, loyalty and continuity are still prized. Last year, for instance, the Kremlin announced the replacement of Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s long-serving minister of defense. But instead of being fired outright for a lack of battlefield success, Shoigu was moved sideways to a post as the secretary of Russia’s Security Council.

The Kremlin plans to raise taxes and cut social benefits, while senators and governors will bear the brunt of the criticism, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service has reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Kremlin had artificially gained resonance outside Russia and in the West which has imposed sanctions on Moscow over his poisoning.

Germany’s top military official warns that Russia could launch a limited attack against NATO territory at any time, depending on Western responses. While a full-scale invasion is unlikely immediately due to Russia’s focus on Ukraine,

The test came as the U.S. prepared sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas sectors and European allies pledged more military aid to Ukraine.

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting follows last month's meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.

The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.

Russian opposition figures in exile have criticized the European Union's new restrictions on visas for Russian citizens, saying the measures unfairly target ordinary people. "Russia – it's not just the Kremlin.

A top-tier international commodities trader has dropped plans to buy the international assets of Russia oil company Lukoil as it rejected U.S. government allegations of being “the