Russian cybercriminals are no longer just tolerated by the country’s government, but managed by it, Recorded Future reports.

Finland has just delivered a double slap to Vladimir Putin. President Alexander Stubb declared that Finland will never recognize Russia’s annexations — not Crimea, not Donbas, not ever — and called for Ukraine to join both the EU and NATO.

The US and EU target Russia’s oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil in the toughest sanctions since the Ukraine war began, testing Moscow’s war economy but risking higher global prices.

Domestic theatre: For Putin, confronting the West plays well at home. As Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, recently claimed, “Europe fears its own war”. For the Kremlin, that fear reinforces the narrative that Russia is the assertive power, and that the West is indecisive.

It’s been said that Russians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Thankfully for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shambolic autocracy has been doing its best to live up to the saying. After Putin convinced President Donald Trump to hold a head-to-head summit in Budapest, it took less than a week for it to fall apart.

Russia’s oil empire – has become a sitting duck, and it’s Ukraine’s drones that are pulling the trigger. In the latest episode of Battle Plans Exposed,

Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 8 th Russian Energy Week International Forum. The theme of this year’s forum is Building the Energy of the Future Together.

Today's talks will give Vladimir Putin a chance to pitch his conditions for peace, chief among them for Ukraine to hand over swaths of its territory. He has long coveted the south and east of Ukraine,

Vladimir Putin tends to stick to a usual daily routine. A typical day for the Russian president starts with swimming and weightlifting. He also frequently works late into the night.

Vladimir Putin responded to President Trump slapping sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies in a U.S. policy shift over the war in Ukraine.