RUSSIA has a top secret military unit which "seeks to destabilise Europe," and has been responsible for multiple operations under the orders of Vladimir Putin, according to security officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin last week poked the nest of anxieties over the use of artificial intelligence to gain power in a video address to students at 16,000 selected schools. "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind," he said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."

DONALD TRUMP praised Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un as more fit to lead than his election competitor Joe Biden.

THE German Government has said two more laboratories have independently confirmed that Vladimir Putin rival Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok and has called on Russia to cooperate.

VLADIMIR Putin is building a terrifying nuclear-powered missile capable of staying airborne for years - and striking at any moment, the UK's Chief of Defence Intelligence has warned.

A Kremlin spokesperson has said there are no grounds for an investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. But Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte said earlier after a call with Russia's president Vladimir Putin that Putin "assured me Russia intends to clear up what has happened, and told me that he would set up a committee of inquiry and was ready to collaborate with the German authorities."