President Vladimir Putin
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...
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...