Now playing Next Russia Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un: What can North Korea do for Russia? Isolated on the world stage, both Moscow and Pyongyang need each other now more than ever. 07/09/2023
Now playing Next Russia Kim Jong Un 'to meet Putin' and broker weapons sales for Ukraine war Any meeting could take place in the Pacific city of Vladivostok, which is relatively close to North Korea, and would come after Russia's minister of defence visited Pyongyang in the summer for talks with Kim. 05/09/2023
Now playing Next Russia Putin: 'No new grain deal until West meets my demands' Russia refused to extend the deal in July, complaining that an agreement promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertiliser hadn’t been honored. 04/09/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russian schoolchildren to use updated history books as new school year New history textbooks for high school students have come under fire for alleged bias and distortion of events. 01/09/2023
Now playing Next Russia Lavrov: Russia to reactivate grain deal when West fulfills commitments Russia accuses the West of "interfering" with exports of its agricultural products and fertilizers 31/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Wagner says Prigozhin plane crash might have been 'deliberate' Kremlin says 'deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin 30/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia has 'right to war' with NATO - Medvedev “Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev. 30/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Putin supported by most Russians but what about his inner circle? President Putin appears to have the support of everyday Russians but some analysts suggest that his biggest rivals could be those closest to him 30/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Private funeral held in St Petersburg for Wagner boss Prigozhin A private funeral was reportedly held in St. Petersburg for the Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin which Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend 29/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia confirms Wagner leader Prigozhin died in plane crash Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed two months after he mounted a daylong mutiny against Russia's military. President Vladimir Putin decried it as “treason.” The brief uprising posed the biggest challenge to Putin’s authority within his 23-year rule. 27/08/2023
Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Wagner supporters mourn mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin Supporters of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin brought flowers and flags to a makeshift memorial at the Wagner group headquarters in St. Petersburg on Friday. 26/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Euroviews. Is there correlation between Wagner, warlordism, and the Fall of Rome? Vladimir Putin’s Russia is losing its monopoly on violence, and thus is at risk of becoming a failed state, if it is not one already, Dr Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele writes. 26/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia How Putin uses assassination to keep his enemies at bay Assassination attempts against Vladimir Putin's foes have been a consistent feature of his nearly quarter-century in power. 26/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia 'Wagner is alive and will live in Belarus', says Lukashenko Members of the mercenary force reportedly relocated to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's abortive mutiny in June. 25/08/2023
Now playing Next no comment People lay flowers outside Wagner HQ on news of Prigozhin's death Prigozhin’s forces fought some of the fiercest battles against Ukraine over the last 18 months, but pulled back from the frontline after capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut in late May. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Ukraine in Maps: What does the death of Wagner chief mean? According to the Institute for the Study of War, President Putin almost certainly ordered the Russian military command to shoot down the plane carrying Wagner founder and financier, Yevgeny Prigozhin. But the question remains - why? 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention Gershkovich was arrested in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip in late March. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Air accident expert: This is how to investigate Wagner plane crash Experts say they would normally work with the aircraft's manufacturer and look at possible mechanical causes, weather forecasts, and any internal or external explosion like a bomb or missile. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin: Criminal, cook, troll and troublemaker Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin: Criminal, cook, troll and troublemaker 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Wagner boss killed in plane crash: What happens next? Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead on Wednesday. But what happens now? 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Prigozhin's death is business as usual, but does it help Putin? The apparent assassination of the Wagner chief marks just another turn in Putin's effort to shore himself up, but it won't change the disastrous trajectory of the Ukrainian war. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Putin breaks silence on crash that killed Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin Full coverage and analysis of the crash, it's aftermath and what happens next. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Wagner leader Prigozhin aboard crashed plane, says Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far remained silent about his death. 23/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Grain sites targeted, drone attack on Moscow, air forces chief fired All the latest developments from the Ukraine war. 23/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Spies like us: How does Russia's intel network operate across Europe? With many of Russia's intelligence officers kicked out of embassies in European capitals in the last 18 months, the Kremlin has resorted to other methods to keep their spy networks alive. 18/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Euroviews. Russia's multiculturalism claims are a front for colonialist policies In today's Russia, Putin’s policies — obscured by quotes of one nation "united by a common destiny" — are feudal and assimilationist, Aleksandar Đokić writes. 17/08/2023