Russian president proposes replacing Shoigu, who has been defence minister for years, with Andrei Belousov, an economist ...

Vladimir Putin has begun his fifth term in office by nominating an economist as the country's new minister of defence.

Born in Dagestan, Russia, Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov competed against sambo’s most formidable grapplers, forging ...

He is said to be a martial arts enthusiast - as is President Putin - who practised karate and the Russian combat sport sambo ...

Russia has lost eight times as many soldiers as Ukraine since Moscow launched its latest offensive in the northeastern province of Kharkiv two weeks ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday ...

Russia said on Tuesday that it has begun the first stage of testing tactical nuclear weapons with a video announcement that showed military personnel loading missiles onto equipment. The ...

Since the earliest weeks of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Western allies have debated how to make the Kremlin pay without exposing themselves to legal challenges. BRUSSELS — Since the earliest ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei ...

Gen. Vadim Shamarin followed the arrest this week of Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, a former top commander in Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, also on bribery charges. In April, Deputy Defense Minister ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. A play based on an 19th-century literary ...

Drills ordered by Putin begin in southern Russia Simulation will be closely watched in the West Putin seen warning against deeper Western role in Ukraine May 21 (Reuters) - Russian forces have ...

By Anton Troianovski The Russian leader visited an institute in Harbin known for defense research. President Xi Jinping saw him off with a rare and seemingly deliberate embrace for the cameras.