The icon showed the Soviet dictator being blessed by a saint, but the Church says it has to be changed.

The icon shows the Soviet dictator being blessed by a saint.

Singing family The Nolans were among those honoured in 2023 with a blue plaque in Blackpool.

While plaques marking his rule of terror disappear, the Soviet dictator's popularity is on the rise.

The cleric's local diocese says it is investigating the incident in the city of Velikiye Luki.

He likens Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany, 80 years after Stalingrad.

Memorial, one of the oldest civil rights groups in Russia, was uncovering uncomfortable truths for the authorities.

What might Putin want, to be able to come out of the war looking good in the eyes of Russia's majority?