As a step to hold Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European leaders launched the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. The Kremlin has signaled they plan to ignore any international attempts to hold the Kremlin accountable.

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, are expected to promise today to have their nuclear arsenals work together if Europe is threatened. Private equity firms have entered the $40 billion youth sports industry. Their investments could raise costs for families.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

As Western countries consolidated around support for Ukraine, Russia and North Korea are positioning themselves as challengers to the West.

Relations between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying troops and ammunition to support Russia’s war against Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance.

Putin said that the terms of a potential ceasefire, which the Kremlin has so far repeatedly rejected, are expected to be on the agenda. View on euronews

It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.

Russia has intensified its bombing campaign on Ukraine, launching hundreds of drones and missiles overnight into Saturday