In February Putin told workers at a tank factory in the Urals that Russian families had to have at least two children to ensure the nation's ethnic survival. "If we want to survive as an ethnic ...

The MailOnline's article titled: "Has Putin's 'lover' had his baby?" added fuel to the fire. While no confirmation came from Putin or the woman herself, Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...

President Vladimir Putin has announced a series of plans to increase the number of children being born in Russia from an average birth rate of under 1.5 per woman to 1.7 within four years.

Vladimir Putin has spoken to Azerbaijan's president about the plane crash and apologised as the "tragic incident" took place in Russian airspace. Russia has accused UK and US spies of trying to ...