Russia is now paying schoolgirls to have children to replace the soldiers dying in the Russia v Ukraine conflict ...

It was exactly 25 years ago that Vladimir Putin was first elected as Russia's president, a rise to power that was quick and unexpected and just months after entering politics.

Alexei Navalny is dead. And yet he lives. He lives to trouble Vladimir Putin, the authoritarian strongman of Russia who may ...

Putin's love for ice hockey is no secret; he actively plays the sport and has portrayed himself as a national icon of Russian hockey prowess. The Russian national teams have historically been ...