Russian business leaders are backing legislation that would stop Western companies one day returning to the market they left after the Ukraine invasion.

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia

Thousands of North Korean laborers are already toiling in Russia. A new contingent is headed to the region where North Korean troops fought Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin, the 72-year-old Russian dictator, hates admitting to having any health failings and snapped back when an eye surgeon dared to tell him: "Even the best car needs a technical inspection.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a meeting with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media confirmed Wednesday, saying that Kim affirmed Pyongyang's cooperation with Moscow under their mutual defense treaty.

Satellite imagery shows new air defence installations, a new loading platform for rail-based logistics, and high security fencing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed many people in the U.S. agree with Russia's "traditional" views on family, gender, and culture, suggesting that support for these values is growing in the West. Putin spoke with Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin, who presents the program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin on state media channel Russia-1.

Trump criticized former President Obama and former PM Trudeau for Russia's G8 removal, claiming it was a "very big mistake" that would have prevented further war.