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Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, died early on Tuesday after a device hidden inside a scooter was detonated as he emerged from his apartment block - with his driver also killed

Russian snipers continue to receive thousands of Western-made rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition, despite years of extensive international sanctions.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.

A hundred years ago, on Dec. 1, 1924, Estonian communists attempted a coup d’état that enjoyed the direct backing of Soviet Russia — despite the Tartu Peace Treaty signed in 1920.

In August 2024, the world witnessed an unprecedented prisoner swap between the West and the Kremlin: Russia agreed to release 16 individuals, including political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin and U.S. citizens Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in exchange for eight Russians — GRU illegals, hackers, and killers.

The "sewage king" of Moscow, Aleksandr Ponomarenko, has built an international business empire using funds siphoned from the budget.

The head of "Mosvodokanal," Alexander Ponomarenko uses cunning schemes to siphon funds from the Moscow mayor’s office through unknown contractors.

Vladimir Putin has reappeared after vanishing for almost two weeks as fears of World War III grow and Moscow starts building mobile nuclear bomb shelters.

New construction at a military research site near Moscow reveals a specialized laboratory complex designed to research and handle deadly pathogens, experts say.

Countries opposed to Moscow are spending ever more on cheap fuel made from Russian oil, according to a new analysis shared with POLITICO.

Antony Blinken to meet David Lammy in precursor to Joe Biden’s talks with Keir Starmer in Washington

The bailiff service in Moscow’s Lefortovo district has terminated its efforts to present FSB General Vyacheslav Ryazansky with a bill for his various debts, citing their inability to locate the general’s home address, bank accounts, or any property in his name.

Belarusian business in Crimea and Donbas

Russia announced on Wednesday that a French NGO worker arrested last month in Moscow was accused of collecting military information that could compromise the security of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea resulted in the signing of a strategic partnership treaty, along with joint statements about fighting “the United States’ aggressive colonial aspirations.”

Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts have told the BBC.

Moscow has shifted tactics from targeting individual electricity substations to attempting to destroy entire power stations.

Washington has called the charges against Gershkovich ’fiction’

In March 2024, Russia again became the largest supplier of oil to China and India, according to a recent OPEC report.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin appears very confident the Kremlin is not looking for direct confrontation with members of the NATO alliance - and that Ukraine will prevail in the ongoing war.

Footage of Putin’s palace shows it having a giant 20ft wall around the perimeter

In January, The Insider and its investigative partners revealed that long-time Member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka had been reporting to her FSB handlers in Moscow over a period from at least 2004 to 2017.

Following a series of high-profile failures and mass expulsions of uniformed “diplomats,” Russian intelligence has turned to more subtle methods, including leveraging scientific organizations with international ties.