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Nato has accused Russia of stoking tensions in Europe with the deployment of anti-ship missiles to its westernmost Baltic region.

Vladimir Putin knows how to send a message. There is far more to Russia's military movements than meets the eye.

Prime Minister John Key is hoping to speak to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit in Lima today

A Russian presidential plane carrying journalists was chased across Swiss skies by fighter planes amid tensions between Putin and the rest of Europe.

Just a day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin vowed to fight terrorism together, Russia has unleashed a major offensive against the country.

Trump has talked about working more closely with Russia while China has threatened to cut the sale of big-brand US goods if Trump launches a trade war.

In a phone conversation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have vowed to work together on 'strategic economic issues' and Syria.

Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump's campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said today

The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

One of Putin's fondest conceits is that the US political system is every bit as corrupt, authoritarian and bent on external aggression as his regime.

Russian submarines have been detected in the Irish Sea as tensions rise between Moscow and Britain over the Kremlin's aggression in Syria and Eastern Europe.

A tiny Russian "exclave" in Europe is now a dangerous flashpoint, as tensions between Russia and the West intensify.

Britain has announced plans to send hundreds more troops close to Russia border in largest deployment since the Cold War

Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the UK or France.

Trump is giving Putin dangerous encouragement and the rest of the world can only hope it will end with the election.

Flaws in the water piping system mean it freezes during winter. To prevent pipes bursting, the water is turned off to most of the cabins.

The official 2017 Vladimir Putin calendar has gone on sale in Russian shops.

Russia is deploying "two of the most powerful warships in the world" - and sending a message to the Americans. What is Putin up to?

Controversial President Rodrigo Duterte has already told Barack Obama to "go to hell". Now he has struck another blow against the US.

Reports of Vladimir Putin telling officials to fly relatives living abroad back to Russia because of an impending war are being quashed.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called for the Syrian and Russian governments to face a war-crimes investigation over attacks on civilians in Syria.

More than 40 million Russians are taking part in a three-day drill that, if it becomes reality, could spell disaster for all of us.

A spokesperson said "harassment and surveillance" of US diplomats in Moscow has increased significantly.

Russia-US relations fell to a new post-Cold War low as the Obama Administration abandoned efforts to cooperate with Russia on ending the Syrian civil war.

You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid . . . ? Their cousins may all be dead soon.

A young student who has never had sex is selling her virginity to raise enough money to be able to study abroad.

Dutch prosecutors revealed the missile that shot down MH17 was transported into Ukraine from Russia and fired from separatist-controlled territory.

Tapped phone conversations filled with swearing and codenames were among the most critical pieces of evidence into MH17. Here's what really went on.