Putin’s weird war gets ever riskier
By Peter Apps September will be a nervous month in Eastern Europe. On September 14, Russia will unleash what may be its largest military exercise since the...
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Kremlin says Putin-Trump meeting possible before July
The Kremlin said on Monday there was talk of a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump taking place before a...
Abe, Putin end summit with little to show on disputed isles (Update)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up two days of talks on Thursday, with numerous economic deals but no big...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
By Roberta Rampton and Denis Dyomkin U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time...
A $620,000 watch tells what time it is in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
By Greg Feifer Fall comes suddenly to Russia in mid-August, a dose of harsh reality that ends summer’s brief respite with a foreshadowing of the...
EU keeps up pressure on Russia by extending economic sanctions
By Adrian Croft European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve...
Putin says Russia is weathering sanctions storm
By Timothy Heritage President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia had a “sufficient supply of inner strength” to overcome its economic problems and assured investors...
Putin says Russia is beefing up its nuclear arsenal
By Maria Tsvetkova President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year...
Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine
By Maria Tsvetkova Moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers...
Kerry to explore Putin’s flexibility on Ukraine, Syria
By Arshad Mohammed and Denis Dyomkin US Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to explore Russia’s willingness to curb its involvement in Ukraine and its...
Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
By Vladimir Soldatkin, Jack Stubbs and Timothy Heritage Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead...
Putin defiant over economy, Ukraine in annual phone-in (Updated)
By Denis Pinchuk and Timothy Heritage President Vladimir Putin tried to reassure Russians over the ailing economy and said Washington wanted “vassals” rather than allies...
Greek leader courts Russia but seeks no direct aid (Update 3)
By Renee Maltezou and Denis Pinchuk Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won pledges of closer cooperation from Russia at talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday...
Russia’s Putin reappears after 10 day absence, laughs off ‘gossip’
By Denis Dyomkin Russian President Vladimir Putin reappeared on Monday after 10 unexplained days out of public view, laughing off the “gossip” over his health...
Suspects in Nemtsov killing probably tortured – Russian rights activist
By Gabriela Baczynska Three suspects in the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov have probably been tortured while in detention, a member of the...
Murder in Moscow
By Gwynne Dyer “EVERY time I call (my mother),” said Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov recently, “she gives me a talking-to: ‘When will you stop...
‘Our ties should not worry anyone’
By Constantinos Psillides RUSSIAN navy vessels will dock in Cypriot ports as part of an agreement signed between Moscow and Nicosia yesterday, Russia’s President Vladimir...
Activists arrested after dousing Lenin’s tomb with holy water
By Thomas Grove Two performance artists were arrested after pouring holy water on the Red Square tomb of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and shouting “Rise...
Police stand by for now as Kremlin critic defies house arrest
By Timothy Heritage Ten days after cutting off his monitoring tag and declaring he would not stay under house arrest, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says...
Putin says Russia economy will be cured but offers no remedy (Update 5)
By Timothy Heritage and Alexei Anishchuk President Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday that the economy would rebound after the rouble’s dramatic slide this year...