On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv, killing two. The US has resumed weapons delivery to Ukraine as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Russia's Sergei Lavrov. DW has the latest.

Exiled Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan tell Newsweek about Vladimir Putin's crackdown and their book "Our Dear Friends In Moscow."

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Abu Dhabi to finalise the peace agreement and forge a future side by side after nearly four decades of conflict. What was previously seen as an impossible peace became a reality after Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine.

In a landmark ruling, Europe’s top human rights court found Russia responsible for the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which killed all 298 people on board, including 38 Australians.

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian companies are successfully using netting, gold, and cryptocurrency to facilitate international payments, the head of Russia's financial watchdog told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.