Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Moscow, from Monday, Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying.

A video of explosions near the base in northwestern Russia has people online coming up with theories as to what exploded, how, and where.

Lawmakers in Russia have targeted so-called nontraditional lifestyles as they seek to tackle falling birthrates and a spike in divorces.

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.

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.

Russia's economy has operated like a marathoner on fiscal steroids—and now those steroids are wearing off."

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.