Russia is not building up its offensive military capabilities overseas and is only responding to security threats caused by US and NATO military expansion on its borders, Russian President Vladimir Putin told […]

Moscow is celebrating 80 years of its metro system. The service, one of the world’s largest metropolitan underground rail lines, is used by millions of people every day. Some 340 kilometres of […]

BBC News correspondent Sarah Rainsford finds out what makes Mr Putin so appealing to Russian voters. Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia either as president or prime minister, since Boris […]