Tanks growled across Red Square and fighter jets streaked overhead as Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a mass-ranked display of military might.

Russia has staged its biggest military parade, marking 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Rich-lister Stephen Jennings has launched defamation action against Fairfax Media and a senior journalist Michael Field about Jennings' business activities in Russia and Kenya.

Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, refused an invitation to visit Moscow to mark the Soviet Union's victory in World War II because Russia refused to meet Pyongyang's demands for special treatment for the young dictator.

An unmanned Russian spacecraft is spinning out of control and is set to plummet to Earth next week.

The Russian spacecraft that went rogue yesterday has begun an unstoppable descent into Earth's atmosphere, experts have said.

Burger King has come under fierce criticism for advertising on "tittygram" - a Russian website which displays messages across the exposed chest of a model.

Putin isn't a rich man. A man who wields near-absolute power in a country as vast as Russia doesn't need money or property.

Rumours continue to swirl about Russian president’s apparent vanishing act amid claims his long-denied girlfriend has given birth.

Team NZ head Keith Turner admits the prospect of Dean Barker joining another America's Cup syndicate is worrying, and blames the media for the dispute reaching this point.

One of two men accused of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is a decorated former soldier who once received a bravery award issued by the Kremlin.

Team New Zealand may not want him as a sailor but Dean Barker has found others are keen to have him.

'It's not every day you get a note on behalf of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.' Service medal arrives for brave Stan.

The mood in Moscow was grim, a quiet rage running through the crowd.

Moscow police were yesterday hunting for the killers of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician who was gunned down in the shadow of the Kremlin's towers yesterday.

Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring a terrorist attack on a peace march in the city of Kharkiv that left two dead and at least 10 wounded.

Civilian planes flying over British airspace are at risk from Russian jets playing a highly dangerous 'game of chicken' in the skies, a former head of the armed forces has warned.

Ukraine has appealed to the West to get tough on Russia after separatists it says are militarily backed by Moscow stormed a flashpoint town.

The 94-year-old Wellington veteran received the honour at French Ambassador Laurent Contini's home in Thorndon tonight.

More than 11 months into the crisis he unleashed, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in charge of the dynamic, seeking to confuse and divide the West as he apparently seeks to create a damaged....

Diplomats have warned Europe could descend into war if the West does not stand up to Russia over the Ukraine conflict.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the public inquiry into his death that her husband accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of being a paedophile.

Another tale of Russian spooks operating in the US has emerged, described by the former CIA analyst Mark Stout as a "classic case of espionage".

Russia’s foreign-currency credit rating has been cut to junk by Standard & Poor’s, putting it below investment grade for the first time in a decade.

As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Newly discovered recording of murdered Russian Alexander Litvinenko linking Russian President to one of the world’s most dangerous criminals.

The firm providing support for the giant Russian-owned vessel Serene says superyacht tourism is booming.

There were some unlikely “Charlies” on yesterday’s march for democracy and freedom.