A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a proposal by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to meet for talks to end the war as senseless, calling for the country's military to "do the job.

St Petersburg, Jun 5 (PTI) Russia is "ready and willing" to reach an agreement with Ukraine based on US ​President Donald Trump's peace proposal if Kyiv was ready to make certain "compromises", Presid

Amid all the relentlessly positive spin over Russia’s future direction at President Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum this week, some in the country’s political and business elite showed rare public signs of unease.

By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future on Thursday as he hosted his premier annual investment conference with the war in Ukraine unabated.

Russia is intensifying attacks in Ukraine but more than four years of war are causing concern even among Putin loyalists.

Some of Russia’s best known hawks have become more open in expressing a belief that Moscow simply doesn’t have the capacity to achieve an outright victory against Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will not interfere in the "delicate" bilateral relations between India and China.