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Rising Russian tennis star Favara Gracheva is ready to represent France - and could do in time for the French Open in May - as the defection process accelerates after Russia's invasion of UkraineRussian tennis is preparing to…

New footage shows staggering scale of Russian death toll in Ukraine: Troop cemetery 'too huge to walk through' revealed as Putin's inner circle begins to distance itself from his disastrous warWritten by Will Stewart and James…

Scandal has rocked Moscow's high society after a pair of prominent confidants of Vladimir Putin are heard insulting the Russian autocrat.Former Russian oligarch and senator Farhad Akhmetov and prominent Moscow music producer Yusuf…

Stunning new footage of war graves highlights the toll Vladimir Putin has inflicted on his fighters in Ukraine.The Goryachiy Klyuch cemetery in the Krasnodar region is dedicated to troops in Wagner's private army supporting the Russian…

One of Vladimir Putin's most famous commanders, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Lissitzky, has died of a gunshot wound at the age of 48, according to reports.There are conflicting claims about who was behind his death, with Ukraine claiming he…

Belarus says it is forced to host Russian nuclear weapons "because of Western pressure" after the country was warned it had become Putin's "nuclear hostage".This comes after the Russian president announced plans to deploy…

The children of Russian deputies are being mobilized for a confidant unit away from the front lines so they can serve in Ukraine without dying.Kremlin politicians are accused of setting up a military unit for their friends in…

Russia failed on Monday to persuade the UN Security Council to demand an independent investigation into the explosions in September of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and…

Experts reported that the website of the French National Assembly (parliament) has been down since Monday morning as a result of an attack claimed by the pro-Russian hacking group "No Name"…

A convoy of six Russian warships was seen near the Nord Stream pipeline just five days before it was sabotaged, it was reported yesterday.Three of the four pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany were badly damaged by explosions near the…