Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Italy of discrimination and said it had caved into anti-Russian lobbying after a planned classical music concert by high-profile Russian conductor Valery Gergiev was cancelled.

In the latest round of Donald Trump bashing, Putin apparatchik Margarita Simonyan laid into the US President and his Western allies with gusto and relish.

Former CIA Director John Brennan ignored warnings from “veteran” officers and ordered the publication of a “substandard” intelligence report that claimed Russian President

Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in nighttime attacks that officials said killed a child.

A meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is possible after Kyiv and Moscow agree on the draft memorandums, stated Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, according to RIA Novosti.

Donald Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin's refusal to agree to a peace deal in Ukraine

The judge studied with Vladimir Putin at university and was the first woman to be appointed as Chief Justice of Russia's Supreme Court.

Foreign vessels will require the approval of Russia's FSB security service to access the country's ports, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.