The central bank leader Elvira S. Nabiullina reappeared for a news conference after a gap that highlighted deep tensions in the country’s political and economic elite.

Ukrainian drone attacks have achieved breakthroughs, but only ballistic missiles can push Russia to reconsider its war objectives, military experts and officials say.

Alexander Sokurov has questioned the Russian president about government repression, but he is still controversial among his country’s exiles.

A day earlier, Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones, killing at least 11 people and damaging a holy cathedral.

President Trump has long been at odds with European leaders over trade, Ukraine and NATO, but he has lashed out in recent weeks over their refusal to support the U.S. war with Iran.

In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia’s and China’s leaders and described Israel’s prime minister as “a very difficult guy.”

Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.

Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.

Britain’s Defense Ministry said it was the first time that British forces had acted alone to stop a ship in the fleet, a collection of vessels that Russia uses to move fuel and evade sanctions.

While some powerful Russians shun the West, others want to restore ties and embrace friendly Westerners. President Vladimir V. Putin’s annual economic conference illustrates the conflicting impulses.

As Xi Jinping visits Pyongyang, he faces an emboldened North Korean dictator, whose alliance with Russia has reduced his dependence on China.

The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way, with battleground losses and mounting casualties. With fiercer strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump’s early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality.

Aspects such as drone technology and diplomacy show how the wars intersect on the battlefield and in global alignments, providing a model for future conflicts.

With the upheaval in the Persian Gulf disrupting oil and gas supplies, Russia is looking to deepen its energy ties to China.

The lack of concrete agreements with Beijing shows the risks of President Trump’s personality-driven foreign policy, which rests on the belief that he can defend U.S. interests through charm and force of will.

The Russian leader will go to Beijing on Tuesday for talks with President Xi Jinping. The Kremlin said he had watched President Trump’s visit closely.

Watch an exchange between the two men in which the Chinese leader sought to signal exclusivity and name-dropped Russia’s president.

Encounters with other world leaders reveal a side of China’s leader that the public rarely sees, and offer clues to how he will approach President Trump in Beijing.

The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster Tehran’s ability to withstand the U.S. assault.

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, will meet with President Vladimir V. Putin for “necessary coordination,” as negotiations with the U.S. to end the conflict have stalled.

With a record of pro-Russia statements, Rumen Radev handily won elections this week. Now Bulgarians and his E.U. partners wait to see which way he will turn.

A new law forces Ukrainians in the captured regions to get Russian title deeds or risk losing their homes.

The proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to President Trump’s vanity to get American might on their side.

Iranian officials said that while Iran had approached the negotiations in good faith, the U.S. team had failed to gain the Iranian delegation’s trust.

John Healey, the defense secretary, said the vessels were gathering information about undersea pipelines, and said he believed President Vladimir V. Putin “would want us to be distracted by the Middle East.”

The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, the Kremlin said, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year.

A scheduled visit by the American vice president, JD Vance, makes clear that Russia is not the only country invested in a victory for Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban.

With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.

The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.