In the final working week before Christmas, EU leaders gathered for a meeting that might prove historic – but not for the reasons they hoped.

EU chiefs have slammed Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico following his Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin on Sunday. Fico secured a new deal for cheap Russian fossil fuels, essential to Slovakia as it's among the EU nations most dependent on Russian ...

Separately, FM says Russia is ready to improve ties with Trump's administration if the US shows serious intentions

Brussels was enraged after Viktor Orban met with Putin in Moscow - now another EU leader has met the Russian President in the Kremlin.

And yet, when the town’s residents cast their ballots in last month’s presidential election, they overwhelmingly voted for Călin Georgescu, the candidate who showed every sign of being the preferred choice of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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 the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in 2022.

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

IGORA /Leningrad Region/, December 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the media that he receives information about the frontline situation round the clock.

According to the Russian President, an option of concluding contracts for delivery through third parties - Turkish, Hungarian, Slovak, Azerbaijani companies - is possible

The idea of a large-scale conflict between Russia and the Western-led security bloc is enough to have even the most seasoned strategists waking up with a jolt in a cold sweat

Russia's natural-gas transit deal with Ukraine is set to expire soon, which would cut billions in revenue.