The Kremlin on Friday criticized what it called the European Union's "confrontational rhetoric" after the bloc's leaders agreed to a huge increase in defense spending amid a drive to shore up support for Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia is closely monitoring the policy shift in the EU, which he said is "actively

Authorities in Russia’s Altai region arrested the founder of a Siberian cultural center dedicated to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on suspicion of fraud, state media reported Friday.

Sergei Matasov, who leads the regional chapter of the Communists of Russia party in the Altai legislative assembly, is accused of falsely employing two relatives

Russia’s military launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure on Friday, Ukrainian officials said.

“The energy and gas infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine is under mass missile and drone shelling again,” Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.

“Russia is trying to hurt ordinary U