Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, in a joint statement on Syria, agreed to continue joint efforts on fighting Islamic State until it is defeated, the Kremlin says.

It should be no surprise to us that the political 'strongman' has resurged. The very word evokes images of a bare-bodied Vladimir...

Vladimir Putin has said Russia is using "far from everything we are capable of" in its military operations in Syria.

President Vladimir Putin orders the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria.

They are the great many who simply ignore what motivates Putin's armed diplomacy (and not just in Syria): the desire to exact revenge on those who, in his eyes, were responsible for the Soviet Union's downfall.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has visited Moscow on his first overseas trip since the civil war broke out in his country in 2011.

While Fifa continues to reel from "a storm" of damaging corruption allegations, 209 member associations will decide on Friday whether to give Sepp Blatter a fifth term as president.

An investigation by Russian opposition activists concludes that 220 Russian soldiers died in two major battles in eastern Ukraine.

United States President Barack Obama drops out from the top 10 influentials list made by the voters – half of whom were from inside the US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China later this year to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the world's anti-fascist war

A report on Russia's role in Ukraine conflict - compiled by murdered Nemtsov - will be released in April