All news by author: Will Stewart

Pavel Shuvalov, 55, who was branded the Tulun Maniac, was sent to fight in Ukraine instead of his 24-year jail term for two murders and raping 27 girls and women

Vladimir Putin had personally ordered a crackdown on "debauched" revellers days before a two-day party was held at nightclub Mutabor in Moscow, it has emerged

Detained “maniac” Alexei Varakin, 37, had recently been released after he was incarcerated in 2010 for the murder of two prostitutes after he was "cured," a court heard

Vladimir Putin's landing ship Novocherkassk has been targeted by a Ukrainian strike overnight in the port of Feodosia in occupied Crimea, leaving at least one dead and two injured

Anton Krasovsky is reportedly "seriously ill" after reports he was poisoned, less than a year after a Ukrainian court sentenced him in absentia to five years in jail over his genocidal remarks

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Children and their parents watched on in horror when a man dressed as Grandfather Frost - Russia's Father Christmas - fell more than 240ft to his death in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Children from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region Luhansk were on a train returning from a “holiday” in freezing Siberia before falling ill with a mysterious high fever

Several Russians have been killed by falling icicles during the freezing winter months enveloping the country, while blocks of ice have fallen on unsuspecting people walking nearby

Partners of enlisted men are demanding Putin end the slaughter he triggered two years ago when he invaded Ukraine amid an upsurge in anti-war protest in Russia

Vladimir Putin's lead commander of strategic forces has warned the West that Russia is constantly in a state of "high readiness to perform tasks" referring to the country's nuclear capabilities

Miraculously the 18-year-old, who has not been identified in the Russian press, managed to survive the freak accident that saw him being dragged along the track by the juggernaut in Moscow

Four stray dogs were seen on CCTV camera attacking the schoolgirl in Novy Urengoy, Russia, leaving her with horrendous injuries which were mitigated by her thick, winter clothing

Russia is set to move powerful weapons including its nuclear-capable Yars intercontinental missile system for war tests this month amid the belief it will soon win the war

Anna Tsareva, deputy editor-in-chief of popular Russian newspaper, was found dead at her home by her father and initial police reports say there was no indication of a break-in

The lucky driver, Evgeny Shamko, reportedly only suffered from shock when his Volkswagen Touraeg plunged 40ft from the top of a multi-storey car park in Russia

The Rossiya Airbus A319 was 20 minutes into the flight from Mineralnye Vody bound for St Petersburg when the cabin depressurised, sparking panic onboard for its 111 passengers and crew

Illya Kyva was kicked out of parliament and defected to Russia weeks after Moscow launched its military offensive last year and has now been assassinated by Ukraine

The stricken Tu-204 aircraft sparked an engine fire, forcing the jet to make an emergency landing back at the airport it had departed from in Ulan-Ude

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to hold out an olive branch to Britain, as he called for "change for the better" in relations between Moscow and London but refused to stand near by

Major-General Vladimir Zavadsky, a respected commander, died in the Ukraine war, having allegedly decided to take a joy ride in a captured Ukrainian ‘trophy” vehicle

Vladimir Putin's regime has been trying to cover-up the major fatal blunder, that saw a dozen of Russia's battlefield specialists being blasted to bits in an explosion after someone cooking close to live ammunition triggered a deadly explosion

Vladimir Lebedev - who was a staunch supporter of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine - was also connected to Lukoil - a company which has lost several of its key leaders in mysterious circumstances during the conflict

Vladimir Putin told Russian women they needed to be having 'eight or more children' as his war in Ukraine worsens a dive in the population and makes them reluctant to start new families

Marianna Budanova's health has been deteriorating since she was 'poisoned with heavy metals', according to reports. The 30-year-old woman is now hospitalised

Ukraine reportedly targeted the Smolensk Aviation Plant where lethal Kh-59 missiles are reportedly produced. Russia claimed to have suppressed the drone before it hit the target