It has been suggested the Russian president could cling on to power for over another decade yet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw ballistic missile drills remotely, the Kremlin said, hours after Russia moved to revoke its ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty. 

Secret conversations reveal details about the plan.

‘He is well – this is no more than just another canard.’

Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir language service, was arrested by Russian authorities on Wednesday.

A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, her employer and a journalist watchdog group said Wednesday.