The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on a kleptocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was removed this month as president of the Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina for chipping away at the US-brokered peace deal that ended bloody ethnic violence in the Balkans in the 1990s.

Putin announced successful Poseidon nuclear drone testing as President Donald Trump urged Russia to end the Ukraine war instead of testing missiles on Monday.

Touting new weapons tests, Moscow signals to Washington that it must contend with the Kremlin’s power and negotiate.

Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone.

Vladimir Putin tightens grip on power by promoting family members and younger allies to his inner circle as economic strain and opposition threats mount in Russia.

The aborted Hungarian summit between Putin and Trump reflects more on how Putin has tried to manage his relationship with Trump to gain other geopolitical benefits.

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting follows last month's meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia that he expected the war in Ukraine to end within a year.

Intelligence sources reveal Vladimir Putin survived a daring Novichok poison plot. Now paranoid, he is reportedly frisking his own soldiers and ordering secret executions as new assassination plans emerge from angry oligarchs and spies.