British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza who was freed from a Siberian penal camp in a historic prisoner swap last month believes that the fall of Vladimir Putin is "inevitable"

The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara Murza - Exclusive: Key British-Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Tom Watling that even if he and other oppostition leaders are killed,

The Russian president earlier this year rebuffed Defense Ministry officials who had tried to convince him they needed more soldiers.

As the independent portal Meduza reported, Vladimir Putin ordered an increase in the Russian army by 180,000 people. What does the Russian President’s decision mean? The Russians are alarmed because mass mobilization into the military could start again.

Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.

On Wednesday, the Kremlin condemned comments by outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg as “dangerous”, Reuters reports. Stoltenberg had suggested that allowing Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles to strike Russian territory would not trigger an escalation from Moscow.