VLADIMIR PUTIN

Olympic gold gymnast named head of powerful National Media Group

Russia's currency has faced downward pressure from falling oil prices in recent months.

EU Parliament President Martin Schulz hails historic vote in Kiev.

Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said multibillion dollar fund to be accessible in 2015.

Beyond the "war on Isis" there is a fierce below-radar war in cyberspace for economic and political influence

Russia and China signed $400bn deal in May as relations between Russia and West plummeted.

Ukrainian president visits embattled port city on the Sea of Azov.

Russian Foreign Ministry says decisions made at Nato Summit threaten peace process

A website has been set up to help Russians to find soldiers who were sent to Ukraine.

Ministry of Defence announced it will sell 123 surplus armoured vehicles to Nato member Latvia.

IBTimes UK looks at Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė's life and strong personality

Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed David Cameron and Barack Obama's determination to 'confront' Isis.

French president Francois Hollande says Paris suspends delivery of Mistral helicopter carrier.

The former Kremlin adviser takes issue on old East Slavic language calling it 'not really a language'.

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin agree to truce.

Crimean PM Sergei Aksyonov says the LGBT community isn't welcome in the Russia-annexed peninsula

Polish Prime Minister addresses eastern Ukraine conflict at 75th anniversary of WWII start.

Kiev forces abandon key airport in restive East as rebel advance ahead of talks in Minsk.

Ten Russian soldiers captured near Donetsk exchanged with 63 Ukrainian troops.

Former Soviet premier praises Russian restraint, and calls on all parties to come together to resolve conflict.

Russian authorities close twelve McDonald's stores and are investigating hundred others.