Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture.

With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine, this year Russians will have to pay more for the dish, which is traditionally served alongside caviar and tangerines, before the New Year is toasted in.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is set to halt gas supplies to the European Union candidate country Moldova.

Illegal migrants make up an estimated seven percent of the population in Russia and form a key part of the nation's economy.

Secret files from a decade ago reveal Russian military plans showing “detailed target lists for a potential war with Japan and South Korea that included nuclear power stations and other civilian infrastructure,

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in an address to the nation to mark the new year on Tuesday said that his country would do all it could to end the war with Moscow in 2025 and halt Russian aggression.

The Treasury Department said the actions included using artificial intelligence to disseminate false information.

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said American policy is "extremely hostile" toward Russia.

A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country.

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement the entities - a subsidiary of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and an organization affiliated with Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU) - aimed to "stoke socio-political tensions and influence the U.

Russia was preparing officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea, according to secret military documents from 2013-2014 obtained by "The Financial Times." A detailed plan for strikes on military and civilian targets was even developed.