VLADIMIR PUTIN

As part of BBC documentary, Treasury official alleges that Russian president has amassed secret wealth.

The Russian President said Lenin's policies sowed the seeds of the USSR's dissolution in 1991.

Financial Times reports that senior intelligence official traveled to Damascus to relay request from Putin.

In categories including economics, though, the country fell well short of rivals.

Lugovoi said there was no chance of him coming to the UK to face criminal charges.

Report into murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko details possible reasons why he was poisoned.

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed 1,000 civilians compared to 893 Isis members.

Putin 'probably' approved Russian intelligence plot to murder agent says inquiry.

Chairman of inquiry into poisoning of former KGB agent, Sir Robert Owen, says Putin probably approved killing.

The long-awaited report into the death of the former spy is due out.

Both Russia and the EU have seen increasing numbers of Jews emigrating.

Actor recalled meeting Putin at 2010 conservation summit in St Petersburg.

In most recent outbreak, 11,000 people have died in three west African nations in the absence of a cure or vaccine.

Only a third of Russian air strikes have targeted Islamic State, according to US official.

Putin says that discussion of Assad's fate is premature ahead of Syrian elections.

The Russian leader's interview with German newspaper Bild comes amid tough news for the Russian economy.

The Under Siege star praised the ex-Communist state for its leadership and said he felt like a Serb.

Putin and the Kremlin has long cultivated a tough-guy image.

The islands, seized by former Soviet Union, are administered by Russia.

Turkish president Erdogan praises Hitler's Germany as an effective form of government

Security document issued by President Vladimir Putin also lists threat from bio weapons.