VLADIMIR PUTIN

The former Russian president said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is "talking nonsense about Russia," allegedly betraying the Japanese killed in 1945.

The explosion inside the Russian weapons storage room caused other ammunition to ignite, causing a fire in an area of 450 square meters.

Russia's payments to soldiers helped increase the income of the poorest 10% of the country's population.

Alexei Navalny said his cellmate was transferred to his cell in December while serving a 24-year sentence in another colony.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that Ukraine has suffered "significant" losses in the fight amid Russia's "enormous" casualties.

Svetlana Krivonogikh allegedly met Vladimir Putin when he was still serving as St. Petersburg's deputy mayor in the late 1990s.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his deputy prime minister a public dressing down after correcting him thrice during a meeting.

The Chinese official's comments come nearly a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to deepen Beijing's bilateral ties with Moscow.

The five stranded Russian men rely on the meals provided by South Korean authorities while living at the airport's departure waiting room.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russian President Vladimir Putin will still lose the war despite putting more resources on the battlefield.

Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has spent New Year's Day in solitary confinement, the 10th time since he began his prison term.

Zaporizhzhia military administration chief Oleksandr Starukh said Russian forces continue to force Ukrainians to collaborate and raid communities.

Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said Putin will likely die from cancer after Kyiv wins the war.

Russia has also lost thousands of tanks, armored fighting vehicles and artillery systems, data provided by the Ukrainian military showed.

The scandal supports old rumors that members of Russia's presidential security service at Putin's events were paid actors, according to reports.

A retired Air Force colonel suggested that Putin hopes Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will cause a stalemate.

Russian conscripts believe overcoming the difficulties in the war in Ukraine will bring together "a commonwealth of friendly states" in the Soviet Union.

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project described longtime Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin as the "malevolence of state-sponsored corruption."

Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping would discuss issues related to the two countries' "real strategic partnership."

Russian soldiers can now store their sperm in cryobanks free of charge, as 300,000 are mobilized to fight in Ukraine.

Around 400 people were supposed to attend Saturday's funeral, but only 50 showed up, according to one of the participants.