The dictator boasted he has the 'highest level' nuclear forces following tests of the 'Flying Chernobyl' missile, named becuase it emits radioactive exhaust from its unshielded reactor

Vladimir Solovyov, a broadcaster with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump over tough sanctions announced against Russian oil giants that could deal a blow to Moscow’s war machine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin 's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said on Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

The State Department’s internal intelligence agency cast doubt earlier this year on the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, dissenting from a more optimistic Central Intelligence Agency assessment of potential talks, according to several current and former officials.

Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, has claimed the US is a direct threat to Russia, claiming the US President "is on a path of war."

Russian President Vladimir Putin donned military fatigues to visit one of the command posts of the joint force on Sunday to discuss Burevestnik nuclear-powered, unlimited-range cruise missile

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to its lowest recorded level. In 2005, Putin said the demographic woes needed to be resolved by maintaining "social and economic stability.”