VLADIMIR PUTIN

Putin will be in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, in the Russian leader's second visit to China in just over six months.

Putin proposed economist Andrey Belousov as Shoigu's replacement, according to a list of the ministerial nominations published by the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered new nuclear weapons drills in the face of Western "threats," as a Ukrainian drone attack killed six people and wounded over 30 in Russia's Belgorod border region.

Russia's wanted list also encompasses numerous officials and lawmakers from Ukraine and NATO countries.

Navalny's allies have accused Putin of orchestrating his murder and have pledged to furnish evidence supporting their claim.

Russian security forces claimed that they had apprehended all four direct participants in the attack, who were caught heading for Ukraine.

Friends and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin were quick to congratulate him on his election win but Western leaders denounced what they called an illegal election.

Putin asserted that his victory in the election would enable Russia to enhance its strength and effectiveness.

Biden also expressed concerns about the threat to democracy posed by Trump's continued false claims about the 2020 election.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the interception of 35 Ukrainian drones, with four of them located in the Moscow region.

In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, the former KGB agent is casting the election as a show of Russians' loyalty and support for his military assault on Ukraine, now in its third year.

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged Russians to stay the course in the face of a "difficult period", hours before polls open in a vote set to extend his hardline rule.

President Vladimir Putin has no doubt he will secure another term in Russia's election.

More than 40 countries on Monday demanded an independent international investigation into the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny -- and said President Vladimir Putin bore ultimate responsibility.

The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, his spokesperson said on Saturday.

At the San Francisco fundraiser event, Biden referred to Putin as "a crazy S.O.B" and ridiculed Trump for comparing his legal issues to the persecution faced by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

While the official cause of death remains unknown, the U.S. holds Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated, "Regardless of the scientific answer, Putin's responsible for it."

"Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband Alexei Navalny," Yulia Navalnaya said in a video address on Navalny's YouTube channel. "Alexei died in a prison colony after three years of torment and torture," she said.

Putin endorses Biden over Trump for US presidency, citing experience and predictability, stirring controversy.

Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin will air on Thursday, the right-wing US talk show host announced.

The White House said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin should not be given another mouthpiece to justify his war in Ukraine, after right-wing US talk show host Tucker Carlson interviewed the Russian president.