Countries are trade partners with a shared goal of challenging US hegemony, but disputes and competing interests make the relationship more complex.
A military Disneyland may sound alarming, but it fits comfortably in a bellicose Russia.
Under a new law, international organisations deemed to be unfriendly can be banned and Russians linked to them can be fined and jailed.
The M&G has an imaginary chat with President Jacob Zuma about his Russian trip and ending the inquiry into prosecutions head Mxolisi Nxasana.
In the absence of dispassionate investigation, proper legal process or even official regret, the suspicion of state complicity remains.
Tens of thousands of people marched in central Moscow on Sunday to honour slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the Kremlin.
A day after a US ratings agency downgraded ?Russia to "junk" status, the country’s index fell by 3%. Russia could also face new sanctions.
An economic crisis is pushing Russia into a corner, potentially forcing a mass gem sale.
Negotiations broke up after more than five hours on Wednesday with the pro-Russian rebels reporting little to no progress.
As the government scrambles to limit fallout, we reveal how Jacob Zuma grabbed control of the R1tn deal and negotiated directly with Vladimir Putin.
Two presidents seem to drive a nuclear deal as if it is a personal issue, instead of a matter of national importance.
A preliminary protocol to the ceasefire agreement has been signed between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Nato and the US not to offer Ukraine membership of the alliance, ahead of a Nato summit.
Pro-Russian separatists are preparing a fresh offensive in Ukraine as EU leaders give Moscow one week to curb support for rebels or face sanctions.
The US can go it alone, but Europe is divided in its response to Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.
Dozens of people have been killed as fighting broke out on the streets of Odessa, opening a new front in a conflict that has split the country.
US President Barack Obama has announced new sanctions in a bid to stop President Vladimir Putin from fomenting the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
New sanctions will be imposed on Russia as punishment for failing to adhere to an international deal aimed at stabilising the crisis in Ukraine.
At least two people have been killed in a gunfight near a Ukrainian city, shaking an already fragile international accord to avert a wider conflict.
Separatists are holding public buildings in Ukraine, saying they need more assurances about security before complying with an international deal.
The West’s insensitive handling of issues in the Ukraine created Russian President Vladimir Putin’s version of the Cuban missile crisis.
The US president tells his Russian counterpart his political strategy is a generation out of date.
Major industrialised nations have warned Moscow of tougher economic sanctions if it goes beyond the seizure of Crimea.
Elite Russian troops have stormed a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea as Russia’s defiant march rolled on despite sanctions and growing global isolation.
Vladimir Putin has signed laws completing Russia’s annexation of Crimea as investors took fright at a US decision to sanction his inner circle.
Putin has made it clear that the country will no longer cave to the wishes of the US and its allies.
A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin is one of the steps which would formalise the annexation of Crimea, which was part of Russia until 1954.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on a small group of officials from Russia and Ukraine.
Russia’s government has acknowledged for the first time that its economy faces major troubles.
A referendum result shows that 96.77% of voters in Ukraine’s Crimea region have voted to join Russia, according to a government commission.
Leaders of the G7 economies have told Russia to stop its work on a referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea region or face action.
Russia says any US sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang and that Crimea has the right to self-determination.