The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was shocked by the sudden death of Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoit, news of which broke hours after President Vladimir Putin had sacked him. Starovoit was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life,

EXCLUSIVE: A leading Putin opposition figure told the Express that many Russian elites consider Donald Trump's peace plan as being 'generous' and are demanding an end to the war.

Vladimir Putin is convinced his country is strong enough to secure total victory in Ukraine. But the Russian leader is forgetting two crucial things about the current geographic dynamic.

Russia’s transport minister allegedly shot himself in the head on Monday just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post, investigators said.

For the first time in nearly three years, French President Emmanuel Macron held a phone call with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. One of the main topics of discussion was the war in Ukraine. However, France is not the only country whose leaders are currently maintaining contact with the aggressor.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was France that asked for French President Emmanuel Macron to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a pause of nearly three years and that the two leaders had a "very substantive" discussion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears unbothered by President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of him, as he has stepped up aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities.