The Russian parliament’s upper house has quickly approved a bill that punishes online searches for information officially deemed “extremist."

Russia dismissed a senior executive of the TASS state news agency on Friday after he attended an event hosted by the president of Azerbaijan, whose relations with Moscow have deteriorated in recent months.

Britain faces accusations of risking a nuclear World War 3 by orchestrating provocations against Russia and attempting to drive a wedge between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to Kremlin warnings.

Child injured as Moscow and Kyiv fire drones and missiles after latest peace talks - Kremlin dismisses likelihood of a Putin-Zelensky meeting before August

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft.

President Vladimir Putin has called on Russian investigative authorities to intensify efforts to safeguard what the Kremlin defines as “traditional values” and to counter what he described as mounting foreign interference in domestic affairs.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian e-commerce company Ozon said on Friday that businessman Alexander Chachava had acquired a 27.7% stake in the company from Vostok Investments. Chachava, the founder of venture fund LETA Capital,

Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and her deputy Alexei Zabotkin addressed a news conference on Friday after the central bank cut its key rate to 18% from 20%.

Negotiators for the warring sides in Istanbul appeared to make little progress on ceasefire terms or a possible summit between their presidents – with their meeting ending after less than an hour.