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The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for ...

In using hard power, Putin has lost soft power. By trying to rebuild the Russian empire, he is losing Russian influence over its former territories. In seeking to increase the distance between ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

If that happens, he could, at least in part, be guided by the way Vladimir Putin dealt with his own looming term-limit problem following his election for a fourth term as Russian president in 2018.

The declining health of Russia's economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday. Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were ...

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months. By Stephen Castle and ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov ...