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Russia's sinking economy leads Kremlin to aggressively seek Western tech, war secrets - report

Some European intelligence officials suggest that the aggressive measures Russia is taking to procure Western technology and defense secrets may be due to the state of its economy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Amur Region Governor Vasily Orlov in Moscow, Russia March 2, 2026
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow, Russia, May 15, 2026.

Russia's parliament passes bill giving Putin more power to invade foreign countries

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2026.

Putin says Ukraine war is ending but the global order has already shifted - opinion

A waitress holds a glass of wine in the Skrepka restaurant in Moscow, Russia, April 17, 2026.

Russia's internet crackdown hobbles small businesses


State treason trial of Russian physicist begins in St. Petersburg

Anatoly Maslov, 76, is one of three hypersonic missile scientists who worked at an institute in Novosibirsk and who are now facing what the Kremlin has said are "very serious accusations."

 Hypersonic rocket.

Kremlin: Russia's security services 'know their job' after Ukraine says Putin tops its kill list

Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence service, told Germany's Die Welt newspaper that Kyiv wanted to assassinate Putin.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2023.

Two Russian exiles, Kremlin critics, possible poisoned in Germany

Two women, a journalist and a director of an anti-Kremlin NGO, reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

German police gather near Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 6, 2018.

Russia: UK military aid to Ukraine won't change conflict's course

Dmitry Peskov: "We take an extremely negative view of this. Britain is trying to be one of the leading countries which keeps pumping weapons into Ukraine."

 Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak (L), walks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky after greeting him on his arrival at Chequers on May 15, 2023 in Aylesbury, England.

Belarusian Lukashenko disappears for a week, public speculate he's ill

Lukashenko's office declined to comment on the state of his health while Russia denied he was ill.

 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 11, 2022

A new 'Club of Angry Patriots' is entering Russian politics, threatening Putin

The group said it was entering politics as an opposition party without any formal or informal instruction from the Kremlin.

 A still image taken from video shows a flying object exploding in an intense burst of light near the dome of the Kremlin Senate building during the alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, in this image taken from video obtained by Reuters May 3, 2023

Ukraine hopes to auction confiscated Russian assets in 2023

As part of its economic response to Russia's invasion, Kyiv has imposed sanctions on Russia.

 The Kremlin, Moscow

Russia calls Polish decision to rename Kaliningrad a 'hostile act'

Kaliningrad, which sits in an exclave that is sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic coast, was known by the German name of Koenigsberg until after World War II.

 A view shows an embankment of the Pregolya River in Kaliningrad

Russian nationalist writer wounded in car bombing, driver killed

It is the third bombing attack on Russian war supporters, the Russian foreign ministry blamed Kyiv and the West.

 Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin poses for a picture in his flat in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, December 6, 2008.

Drones over Kremlin likely launched from inside Russia - US experts

Moscow has been very concerned about protecting the Kremlin from drones since at least 2015 when it began using electronic countermeasures to automatically direct them away by "spoofing" GPS location

 A still image taken from video shows a flying object exploding in an intense burst of light near the dome of the Kremlin Senate building during the alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, in this image taken from video obtained by Reuters May 3, 2023