Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Uzbekistan's Samarkand in the evening
Russia shrugs off retreat in northeast Ukraine as Putin focuses on economy
Moscow will take serious retaliatory measures if the EU formally introduces visa restrictions on Russian citizens, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
He added that the Russian President visited the Central Clinical Hospital today to pay his respects to Gorbachev
The Kremlin said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the weekend funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev but has paid tribute to him. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Mikhail Gorbachev's body is kept before Saturday's funeral. Peskov told reporters that Putin's schedule wouldn't allow him to attend Saturday's farewell ceremony, but paid tribute to late Soviet leader. Asked if Gorbachev will be given a state funeral, Peskov said the funeral will have elements of state funeral, such as honorary guards and other formalities.
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany, where he had been recuperating from nerve-agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.
CIA Director William Burns was asked about the issue during a security forum in the United States on Wednesday, where he said that Putin was 'entirely too healthy'
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss the deliveries of drones either with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi or with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kremlin said
Live news updates: The cloudburst hit the cave area at around 5.30 pm after heavy rains
A top Kremlin official warned the US Wednesday that it could face the wrath of God if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia's action in Ukraine
The Nov 15-16 summit risked awkward diplomatic encounters if Putin were to have come, as announced by the Kremlin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov clarified that recognising the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan was not on Moscows "current agenda"
More than three months into the so-called "special military operation," the Kremlin has made no official announcement about how it sees the future of the territories it has grabbed
According to the report, the EU took 61 per cent of Russia's fossil fuel exports during the war's first 100 days, worth about 57 billion euros
Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to residents in one city who requested them
The sanctioned officials included Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Zelenskyy said Russian forces made no significant advances in the eastern Donbas region over the past day
European Council President Charles Michel accused Russia of using food supplies as a stealth missile against developing countries and blamed the Kremlin for the looming global food crisis
Kremlin leader projects image of business as usual; no sign that Putin seeks exit from war he started; Russia builds momentum in Donbas but US steps up arms to Kyiv
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that he is facing new criminal accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term