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

The Kremlin may have convinced itself that US President Donald Trump didn’t have the stomach to apply real pressure on Moscow to end the brutal conflict in Ukraine.

The BBC's Russia editor says Trump's decision to call off his Putin talks and impose oil sanctions will not go down well in Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other country, and cautioned that the response to any strikes deep into Russia would be very serious and overwhelming.

Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. “Today, we are conducting a planned – I want to emphasize,

At least six people were killed overnight shortly after President Donald Trump said he didn't "want to have a waste of time" holding a summit with the Russian leader.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has stated that the idea of holding a Russia-US summit in Budapest was an American initiative, but that attending it without preparation "would have been a mistake". Details: Putin said that both the meeting and the venue had been proposed by the US,

Putin said that "no self-respecting country does anything under pressure," calling new U.S. sanctions an "unfriendly act."