Russia has held several rounds of tactical nuclear weapons drills this year, and regularly carries out military exercises for its strategic nuclear forces.

Switzerland adopted the latest EU sanctions package on Russia and Belarus, the government said on Monday. The move came one week after the European Union targeted Moscow's vessels and Chinese entities found to have traded with the Russian military.

Russian forces lost 2,200 soldiers on December 20, the highest number of casualties recorded in a single day since Moscow launched its full-scale war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, according to Ukrainian authorities. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense via email for comment.

Russia faces increasing difficulty shipping commodities to China through its vast eastern rail network, a sign of the growing economic challenges stemming from war and sanctions, despite the Kremlin’s assurances that all is well.

India's November crude imports showed Middle Eastern oil at a 9-month high while Russia accounted for its smallest share in three quarters, ship tracking data obtained from sources showed.

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

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 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.

The Yelabuga drone factory, located more than 800 miles from the border with Ukraine in Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone, produces Shahed drones for Moscow's military, which are Iranian kamikaze drones. Newsweek reached out to the Ukrainian and ...

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.