Sergei Lavrov has been sidelined by Vladimir Putin after his failure to organise a summit with Donald Trump in Budapest, according to reports.

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban will meet president Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to seek exemptions from US sanctions on Russian oil and broker a summit between the American leader and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump said he would like to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, after earlier plans were delayed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine.

Donald Trump is hosting Hungarian PM Viktor Orban at the White House - who says Ukraine need a "miracle" to win the war against Russia. Follow live below - and watch back the pair's meeting in front of reporters.

Kira Yurasova, 11, met with Vladimir Putin on Red Square in Moscow and questioned him over the treatment of her uncle, who was wounded in the Russia-Ukraine war

One in six Russian adults takes a dimmer view of President Vladimir Putin after watching a video investigation by jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny that links a luxury palace to the Russian leader,

An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, seen as close to President Vladimir Putin. Italy's government welcomed the move.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday a new nuclear energy cooperation deal with Hungary, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking the first agreement of its kind between the two nations,