The BBC's Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, has challenged Vladimir Putin on whether he has "taken care" of Russia during his 25-year rule. At the president's annual end-of-year press conference, Rosenberg reminded Putin about how his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, told him to take care of the country when he handed over power.

The Russian economy is showing signs of overheating which is stoking worryingly high inflation, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Addressing Russians in his annual phone-in, Putin backed the central bank's tight monetary policy but also suggested it could have acted in more timely fashion.

Russia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer inflation fueled by the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about the economy and hailed his troops’ gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show.

Contributing factors to inflation include increased military production, labor shortages, and a weakening ruble.

An ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed to employ “new” military systems against Ukraine if Kyiv uses American long-range missiles to attack Russia. The head of Russia’s lower ...

The Russian leader said the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate, but stressed it would not settle for a temporary ceasefire.

The Russian president told one reporter he was ready to meet Donald Trump, who he said he had not spoken to for years

Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin.

Slovak Prime Minister and Smer party chair Robert Fico is reportedly set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, December 23, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić revealed during an interview on the Serbian television programme Ćirilica,

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin thus meant that the Oreshnik missile is a generation ahead of all existing weapons, while not being a nuclear weapon itself