London mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed London is a “safer city” than Berlin, Madrid and Paris but admits he does not want to be “complacent” as he launched his bid for a third term in office. Citing research from University College L ...

Vladimir Putin called Alexei Navalny’s death a “sad event” as he said the opposition figure’s name for the first time in public just minutes after declaring victory Russia’s sham presidential elections on Sunday, 17 March. Th ...

German foreign ministry says ‘Putin’s rule is authoritarian’ while UK foreign secretary says ‘this is not what free and fair elections look like’

Exit polls claim that Putin has, predictably, won a sweeping victory in the Russian presidential elections

Vladimir Putin has never said Alexei Navalny’s name in public - until now, after he won what is widely considered a rigged election

Russian exit polls handed Vladimir Putin a predictable win in the presidential elections with more than 87 per cent of the vote

Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya joined election protesters outside the Russian embassy in Berlin on Sunday (17 March). The crowd could be heard chanting her name as Ms Navalnaya shook hands with protesters. Protesters could also be seen h ...

Russian polling stations will close at 6pm GMT today, almost certainly setting up Vladimir Putin for another six years in office

A Russian voter flooded a ballet box with green paint in protest against Vladimir Putin. The resident took disruptive action at the polling station in the Alekseevsky district of the Belgorod region of Russia, by flooding a stationary ballot box with ...

Biden hits out at Trump’s mental fitness as ex-president says Biden had beaten ‘Barack Hussein Obama’ in elections that never took place

Russia’s elections will finish on Sunday, almost certainly setting up Vladimir Putin for another six years in office

Alexei Navalny, weeks before he died, endorsed a campaign for Russian citizens to vote against Putin at noon on 17 March

Over 100 million Russians are set to vote for candidates vetted and approved by the Kremlin, starting from Friday

Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win sham Russian elections this weekend, securing his fifth term in office

Russia’s elections will finish on Sunday, almost certainly setting up Vladimir Putin for another six years in office

Ukraine says Russian soldiers are intimidating civilians in the occupied territories into voting in the presidential elections

Alexei Navalny, weeks before he died, endorsed a campaign for Russian citizens to vote against Putin at noon on 17 March

Over 100 million Russians are set to vote for candidates vetted and approved by the Kremlin, starting from today

United Russia said it had been hit by a cyberattack and blamed Ukraine for sabotaging its sham election

Watch the moment a woman sets fire to a voting booth at a polling station in Moscow's Maryino district, where late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny used to live. The footage has been verified by Reuters as floor tiles, roof and doors match fi ...