Kremlin plans to restore the army’s flagging power reflect a more assertive global posture – but are meeting resistance at home. By Charles Clover

Ukraine should establish a fruitful cooperation with the EU in order to disengage itself from the pressure imposed by the Kremlin and become an equal partner in their bilateral relations, says Vladimir Mischenko from the Ukrainian organisation 'People First'. More »

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia’s third richest man, to challenge Putin Nickel magnate appeals to angry middle class for presidency – but some claim he is merely a Kremlin stooge For sale only to close friends of V Putin.

A big crowd for something political in Mioscow at least: It was not a chant that many had ever expected to hear, as up to 50,000 Russians from all walks of life stood, the snow falling steadily upon them, a few hundred yards across the Moskva river from the Kremlin. “Russia without Putin! Russia without

Experts close to the Kremlin have put some flesh on a recent project of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to create a "Eurasian Union" made up of Russia and other post-Soviet states. More »

Vladimir Putin, in the manner of a modern day Tsar, has launched a series of initiatives to mark his march back to the Kremlin. His most eye-catching proposal is to form a Eurasian Union, a Moscow-controlled EU for the post-Soviet space. Writing in Today’s Times (£), Russia’s strongman explains the benefits: a union would aid greater economic integration in the region and it would...

The chief suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko claimed yesterday that David Cameron would prefer not to lobby Russia's leaders over the death as the British Prime Minister flies to Moscow today hoping to restore links with the Kremlin.

That's pretty much what Russia's Vladimir Putin had to say to the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi at their lakeside summer camp. "They are living like parasites off the global economy and their monopoly of the dollar," Putin said. What he's talking about, of course, is the dollar's use as the world's reserve currency and its exclusive use as the currency in which oil trading...

American objections to France's plan is revealed in cables published by WikiLeaks, in which officials warn the move could spur an arms race between Kremlin and Georgia

The murder of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was likely to have been carried out with Vladimir Putin's knowledge, according to the US's most senior diplomat in Europe.