Moscow has sharply reacted after several Russian state media channels were reportedly blocked for EU users on Telegram.

DW looks at how EU, US and NATO relations with Putin's Russia have evolved.In August 1999, Vladimir Putin was appointed the prime minister of the Russian Federation. When he took office, Putin declared that Russia was,

In 2020, when the last five-year transit agreement started, Russia shipped about 65 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas via Ukraine. Supplies have since fallen to 15 bcm, accounting for less than 10% of the EU's pipeline gas imports in 2023. Following the ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry blamed the U.S. for the decision, saying it will impact "the standard of living of European citizens."

Even while at war, Ukraine piped Russian gas to Europe. Moscow earned an estimated $5 billion in 2024, while Ukraine raked in up to $1 billion in fees.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hosted Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces.

Poland launched its presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday mired in a diplomatic row with Hungary that underscored a deepening sense of political disunity across Europe just as it confronts a raft of major global challenges.

Investigators have discovered anchor drag marks along the seabed allegedly caused by the Russian ship’s antics.

Finnish officials say Russia's "shadow fleet" is sabotaging vital undersa internet cables.

The declaration comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed during a press conference on Dec. 19 that Ukraine would not extend the transit agreement for Russian gas through its territory, which is set to expire on Dec.

Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili has been inaugurated as president of Georgia in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia.