MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said on Thursday. In this file photo taken on October 10, 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with former Soviet...
The White House said Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should take part in a Group of 20 summit in Bali if Vladimir Putin attends, after Indonesia’s leader said the Russian president would probably join. “As President Biden has said publicly himself, he does not think...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the upcoming Group of 20 summit, the leader of host nation Indonesia said in an interview published Friday. The pair's attendance would set the stage for showdown talks with US President Joe...
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States blacklisted Russian President Vladimir Putin's purported girlfriend and the tycoon owner of the second-largest estate in London Tuesday in the latest round of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Also hit with US business bans were several...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a number of new bills, including legislation that broadens the definition of "foreign agents" and introduces prison terms for calls to act against national security. A bill on "foreign agents", which will come into force on...
KYIV, Ukraine – President Vladimir Putin on Monday defended Russia's war in Ukraine as necessary to protect the "Motherland" as Moscow flexed its military muscle at a huge parade marking the 1945 Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other participants carry...
President Duterte has warned against a possible attack on the country if the Russia-Ukraine conflict persists and leads to a world war. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da Nang Resort and Villas in Da Nang City,...
President Duterte said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might just end up in the same jail cell due to the accusations of human rights violations hurled at them. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da...
KYIV, Ukraine -- The discovery of civilian bodies in Ukrainian towns has "permanently polluted" Russian President Vladimir Putin's reputation, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a visit to Kyiv Saturday. A handout photo released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows British...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe, opening up a new front in its war in Ukraine amid growing scepticism over Moscow's claim it is scaling back its onslaught. Over a month into Russia's invasion of its neighbour, Vladimir Putin's troops have devastated...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Thousands of largely Russian protesters rallied against President Vladimir Putin in central Prague on Saturday, calling on him to stop the war in Ukraine. Around 5,000 people, according to the organisers, chanted "Russia without Putin", "Freedom for Russia, peace for...
WARSAW, Poland – US President Joe Biden on Saturday castigated Vladimir Putin over the month-old war in Ukraine, bluntly calling the Russian leader "a butcher" who "cannot remain in power". In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian...
