A growing crop of Russian soldiers have been tapped to fill a wave of government positions after serving in Ukraine, raising the prestige of military service and encouraging more people to enlist.

As the clock approached the time the Kremlin said its guns would fall silent for three days, the men at the National Guard monitoring center in eastern Ukraine had absolutely no faith in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany to rally his country round the Ukraine offensive at a grand military parade in Moscow in front of

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral meetings in Moscow, emphasizing an alliance they claim will create a multipolar world order. Xi’s four-day trip to Moscow started on Wednesday and coincides with Russia’s 80th-anniversary commemorations of the end of World War II.

Xi and Putin Pledge to Stand Together Against US By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be "friends of steel",

In an elaborate welcome ceremony in Moscow on May 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted China’s leader Xi Jinping ahead of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.