Vladimir Putin

Oil tycoon was sentenced to a decade in jail for fraud after funding Putin's opposition parties.

Kremlin considering measures to strengthen Moscow control over Web.

'Lost Ivan' and the attack on a BBC film crew are damning for Vladimir Putin's version of events

Olympic gold gymnast named head of powerful National Media Group

Russia's currency has faced downward pressure from falling oil prices in recent months.

EU Parliament President Martin Schulz hails historic vote in Kiev.

Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said multibillion dollar fund to be accessible in 2015.

Beyond the "war on Isis" there is a fierce below-radar war in cyberspace for economic and political influence

Russia and China signed $400bn deal in May as relations between Russia and West plummeted.

Ukrainian president visits embattled port city on the Sea of Azov.

Russian Foreign Ministry says decisions made at Nato Summit threaten peace process

A website has been set up to help Russians to find soldiers who were sent to Ukraine.

Ministry of Defence announced it will sell 123 surplus armoured vehicles to Nato member Latvia.

IBTimes UK looks at Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė's life and strong personality

Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed David Cameron and Barack Obama's determination to 'confront' Isis.

French president Francois Hollande says Paris suspends delivery of Mistral helicopter carrier.

The former Kremlin adviser takes issue on old East Slavic language calling it 'not really a language'.

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin agree to truce.

Crimean PM Sergei Aksyonov says the LGBT community isn't welcome in the Russia-annexed peninsula

Polish Prime Minister addresses eastern Ukraine conflict at 75th anniversary of WWII start.

Kiev forces abandon key airport in restive East as rebel advance ahead of talks in Minsk.

Ten Russian soldiers captured near Donetsk exchanged with 63 Ukrainian troops.

Former Soviet premier praises Russian restraint, and calls on all parties to come together to resolve conflict.

Russian authorities close twelve McDonald's stores and are investigating hundred others.

Putin reveals ambitions in oil-rich Arctic after Canada mocks Russia on Twitter.

Parliament to vote to abandon non-aligned status, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk says.

Russian and Ukrainian presidents discuss conflict in eastern Ukraine in Belarusian capital.

Provocative display of PoWs timed to coincide with Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations in Kiev

First of 220 Russian aid lorries leave Ukraine after EU and US demand its immediate withdrawal.

Russian ground and air forces assemble near the border with Ukraine.