The senior civil servant who lost 50 pages of secret documents was reportedly due to be appointed as the UK's Ambassador to NATO.

Russia and China have criticized the use of incomplete and altered maps during this year's Tokyo Olympic Games.

On June 23, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported an intrusion by the UK HMS Defender in the Russian territorial waters in Crimea.

The Russian president downplays the significance of meeting his Ukrainian counterpart.

A British Navy warship breached Russian territorial waters off the Crimean coast on Wednesday, prompting a Russian patrol ship to fire warning shots and a Sukhoi 24 M bomber to drop bombs in front of the HMS Defender.

Russia has accused the United States and Britain of seeking to incite conflict in the Black Sea, following the UK military’s “provocative” actions off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the strategic waters.

Moscow warns the UK not to provoke Russia any further in the Black Sea.

There are conflicting accounts of an unfriendly engagement between the British and Russian navies inside Russian territorial waters off the Crimean coast.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has launched naval combat exercises in the Black Sea after US and NATO warships entered the strategic waters to conduct joint drills.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has responded to anti-Russia remarks by the newly-appointed MI6 Chief Richard Moore by dismissing the latter as inexperienced.