Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances.

You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.

Falling inflation has persuaded the central bank in Moscow to continue relaxing the country’s record borrowing costs.

Peace talks and a settlement in Ukraine have never been on the real agenda of the West, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, in her first comments on negotiations since Russian and Ukrainian officials held talks on Wednesday.

Starovoit’s apparent suicide suggests fundamental changes inside the Kremlin, where high-level officials caught in corruption cases were once allowed to flee the country.

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries

Over the past hours, videos showing the immediate aftermath of strikes on the northern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine have been shared on social media channels. Thirty-three people, including four children are reported to have been injured in the strike, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Chinese warships were tracked heading toward Russia's Far East as Moscow conducted a naval war game in the Pacific.