VLADIMIR PUTIN

Moscow has warned that Nato's latest expansion in eastern Europe could lead to "military confrontation" in the region.

German and French leaders to push for diplomatic solution to escalating crisis in eastern Ukraine.

Nato expands presence in Eastern Europe as world leaders arrive in Kiev for peace talks.

French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel heading to Ukraine.

The philosopher and Kremlin insider Alexander Dugin argues that nation states will dissolve and a 'Eurasian empire' will arise to rival the West.

Until now, a veil of secrecy has been placed over the lives of the Russian president's daughters.

New hard-left Greek prime minister and Russian president have much common ground.

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning in London in 2006

Aerial footage shot by a drone and posted to a social media website on Friday (January 16) shows terminal buildings and other structures at Donetsk International Airport in a state of complete destruction after months of conflict there.

Putin's call comes as Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko vows to recapture all territories in eastern region from pro-Russian separatists.

New Russian regulation denying transgender people the right to drive has drawn condemnation from human rights activists and LGBT community.

Refugees from Yasinovataya beaten for carving initials of Donetsk People's Republic in ice.

Several buildings destroyed in attacks as conflict continues to rage in Donetsk.

Ukraine's far-right knuckledruggers are desperate for publicity - but the only beneficiary is Putin.

Investigative journalist group says that Putin has presided over fusing of state and criminal organisations in Russia.

Punk singer one of 100 people detained following pro-Navalny demonstration near Red Square.

Former Soviet premier credit Putin with preventing the disintegration of Russia in the years following the collapse of the USSR.

Vidsich activists rise from the dead to make protest in front of presidential offices.

Carlos Ghosn described the Russian currency as a 'bloodbath'.

Cracks appear in customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan ahead of closer integration.

Russian people won't rise up and revolt against Putin, so we need the West to do it for us.