Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with Israel even as it has developed strong economic and military ties with Iran.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that special attention in the country's new arms programme should be paid to the nuclear triad - land-based, sea-based and aircraft-launched weapons.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has once again highlighted his country's nuclear capabilities in the defence sector. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS, citing Putin’s statement at a meeting on the state armaments programme Details: He claimed that the share of modern weapons in Russia’s nuclear triad is 95%,

A Russian economist has warned that the country may slide into "stagflation" by the end of the year if its leaders don't take action.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that drones had played a major role in the conflict in Ukraine and called for the rapid development and deployment of separate drone forces within the military.

Luiza Rozova, 22, is believed to be the daughter of the Russian president. Rozova, who has been labeled as a "very nice and well-mannered girl", has never publicly acknowledged or denied the claims

Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow was able to establish a foothold in recent weeks, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.“Our units in Sumy region are gradually pushing back the occupiers,