Stand-up comedy is booming in President Vladimir Putin's Russia but comics have to tread a fine line with their jokes where some have been jailed.

Many Russians try to ignore the war, which began four years ago this week—but that is getting harder. There is no sign of an impending breakdown, political or economic. But even Vladimir Putin’s repressive regime cannot paper over the many ways in which the war impinges on everyday life.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of trying to "disrupt the negotiation process" searching for an end to the war.

In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine.

Britain has been accused of involvement in an assassination attempt in Moscow which left a senior Russian military intelligence chief seriously wounded

As Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marks four years, the pressure on Russia’s economy is starting to show.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the Security Council's permanent members in Moscow, Russia, Feb 20, 2026. [Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW -- The development of the nuclear triad "remains an absolute priority" for Russia,

Iran struck a secret €500m (£437m) deal with Russia to obtain thousands of its advanced shoulder-fired missiles. Russia will send 500 of its man-portable “Verba” launch uni