Russian President Vladimir Putin is to remove his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, the Kremlin has announced. The 68-year-old had been in the role since 2012 and will be ...

He's had the job for 20 years. Sergei Shoigu had been defence minister for 12 years (in that time, the UK has been through six secretaries of defence). Putin removes defence minister who led war ...

Major General Ivan Popov, 49, a hero among ordinary Russian soldiers and former head of the 58th army, is currently in detention on large scale fraud charges ...

After failed attempts to recover the Russian Kursk region from Ukraine, Putin is reportedly resorting to desperate measures ...

The hardening of the regime has been a gradual process in which the Russian leader counted on the passive loyalty of the ...

When Shoigu was eventually admitted, he participated in the talks sitting to the left of Putin, while foreign minister Sergei Lavrov sat on the president's right, Kolesnikov said. Kremlin aide ...

Image A photograph released by Russian state media shows Mr. Putin, Sergei Shoigu, the former defense minister, and Lt. Gen. Aleksandr Chaiko, left, listening to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria ...

A Russian general assassinated by Ukraine was buried with full military honours on Friday as Moscow launched an apparent ...

Moscow — Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced that he plans to leave Russia. The Ukrainian-Russian dancer ...

Sergei Shoigu had been defence minister for 12 years (in that time, the UK has been through six secretaries of defence). Mr Shoigu is considered a close ally of President Putin. Cue to thought ...