Mikhail Shaidorov produced a season-best score in the free skate to become the first skater from Kazakhstan to win the Four Continents title since Denis Ten in 2015.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday appointed the former head of Russia's space agency, Yuri Borisov, as special presidential representative for international space cooperation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Wednesday that a Ukrainian drone attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pumping station in southern Russia might have been coordinated with its Western allies.

Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, has gained significant access to Vladimir Putin's inner circle through his personal relationships.

Denmark announced its biggest military investment in half a century, speeding up arms purchases by dropping the usual tender processes and enabling the head of the armed forces to decide how the money is spent.

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President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation. A presidential decree announcing the appointment of Dmitriev,

A mix of stories lead Friday's newspaper front pages, including the latest in the rift between the US and Ukraine.

The comments come after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin had agreed to start negotiations on ending the war "immediately" More now on the drone attack that Ukraine says it experienced overnight.

Three years later, against all obstacles and all predictions, the civilians, journalists, soldiers, and waitresses are still working together. Ukraine’s million-man army, the largest in Europe, is still fighting.