Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that India will be hosting virtually next week.

India to host virtual SCO summit with Putin and Lukashenko in attendance

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while addressing the troops gathered in Kremlin on Tuesday, said that the civil war was prevented by them after a revolt by Wagner mercenaries.

'You de facto stopped civil war,' says Putin to troops in Kremlin post failed mutiny

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (June 26) paid tributes to pilots who were killed during the failed mutiny of Wagner, confirming earlier reports of military bloggers that several aircraft were shot down by the mercenary group.

Russian President Putin confirms pilots killed during Wagner mutiny, pays tributes

In a span of 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin faced the greatest threat of an armed insurrection, the biggest challenge to his authority since the leader came to power more than two decades ago.

Explained | Bruised Putin's dangling future post Wagner's short-lived rebellion

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared for the first time since the Wagner mercenary group's aborted mutiny, in a Kremlin video address on Monday. In the video, Putin was seen addressing a youth forum titled the "Engineers of the Future" where he appreciated companies for ensuring "the stable operation" of the Russian industry "in the face of severe external challenges".

Russia's Putin makes first public appearance in video address since aborted mutiny

The armed uprising by Russia's Wagner mercenary group ended as dramatically as it began after a Belarus-brokered deal re-established the status quo amid ongoing war in Ukraine.

Wagner rebellion: When Putin’s former favourite chef served a dish of ‘treason’ | 10 points

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Saturday, thanked Belarus leader, Alexander Lukashenko, after the chief of mercenary group, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced he was turning around his forces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanks Belarus leader after Wagner chief announces turnaround

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary group Wagner's chief, on Friday, accused Moscow's military leadership of ordering strikes on his camps and killing a "huge" number of forces.

Wagner chief accuses Russian military of bombing his forces, vows revenge

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a televised address to the Russians on Saturday, said that necessary orders have been given to the troops to neutralise those who have orchestrated the armed rebellion.

'This is treason': Putin appeals for 'unity', calls Wagner mutiny 'deadly threat' to Russia

During a meeting with African leaders at the historic Konstantinovsky Palace, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his appreciation for their balanced approach to the conflict in Ukraine and emphasised Russia's openness to engage in constructive dialogue and discussions on Ukraine conflict.

'Open for dialogue on Ukraine', Putin tells African leaders, welcomes their balanced approach on conflict

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is set to face trial, where he will be tried on charges of "extremism" that carry the potential of keeping him imprisoned for several decades.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces decades in prison for 'rehabilitating Nazi ideology' and other crimes

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of signing a peace treaty with Russia to end the ongoing war and throwing it into the 'garbage of history' shortly after that.

Putin says Ukraine signed peace treaty with Russia in spring of 2022, then threw it into 'garbage of history'

An African delegation led by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ukraine in a bid to broker peace talks with Russia, but, according to AFP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made it clear that his country won’t engage in any peace process with the invading nation.

Zelensky rejects peace talks offer with Russia as African delegation visits Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (June 13) that he believed Ukraine was responsible for the breach last week of the Kakhovka dam. While speaking during a televised meeting of Russian war correspondents and military bloggers, Putin said that the damage has been caused by Kyiv shelling the structure with HIMARS missile systems, which were supplied by the United States.

Putin claims Ukraine deliberately hit Kakhovka dam with HIMARS rockets

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) chief executive Paul Thompson has apologised for the public broadcaster's publishing of content he labelled "pro-Kremlin garbage". On Friday (June 9th), the publisher was alerted to several of its Ukraine war-related stories having been altered to support pro-Russian sentiments.

New Zealand national broadcaster chief apologises for  'inexcusable' pro-Russia stories

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a statement, hinted at another attempt to capture the Ukrainian capital city Kyiv and threatened to launch a new offensive. Ignoring the botched attack by Russia on Kyiv which changed a "three-day special military operation" into months of full-scale war, Putin stated that he was taking into consideration a second attempt.

Putin hints at his plan to attack Ukraine's capital, says ‘troops already near Kyiv’

Putin ponders if Russia should try to take Kyiv again

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear closer than ever. The former has vowed to "hold hands" with his Russian counterpart and work towards their shared goal of building a powerful country, state media agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Kim serenades Putin, vows to 'hold hands' for strategic cooperation

Opposition leaders in Russia are failing to unite against President Vladimir Putin. According to a report by the Financial Times on Saturday (June 10), opposition leaders gathered in Brussels to plot a path back to democracy, with Putin's main rivals in jail or exiled and squabbling about how to move forward.

Russian opposition leaders meet in Brussels, fail to unite against Putin. Here's why

The largest Western companies still operating in Russia recorded a combined net profit of 1.1 trillion rubles ($13.3 billion) in 2022, according to a report by Novaya Gazeta Europe, the leading independent Russian news website.

Russia earned billions in taxes after western companies made record profits amid Ukraine war

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (June 7) called the attack on the Russian-occupied Kakhovka dam a "barbaric act", in his first public reaction to the situation.

In his first reaction, Russia's Vladimir Putin calls Kakhovka dam blast a 'barbaric act'

A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian-controlled part of southern Ukraine was destroyed on Tuesday. According to both the Ukrainian and the Russian forces, the destruction has unleashed a flood of water across the war zone.

Ukraine dam supplying nuke plant, Crimea breached in blast, thousands evacuate amid flooding fears

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised address declared martial law and ordered full-scale mobilisation of troops for an all-out war against Ukraine.

Fake video of Vladimir Putin announcing full-scale war against Ukraine broadcast on Russian TV

As the Ukraine war shows no signs of abetting and nears 500 days of conflict, the situation inside Russia remains stifling. In the latest move to stifle opposition, Russia arrested more than 100 supporters of opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Sunday.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's 109 supporters, including underage child arrested by Russian police

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