SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. From L: China's President Xi Jinping, Russian President...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday. Asked in an interview with Russian television channel Rossiya-1 if Russia would replace the European...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gather with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand from Thursday for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The prospects for peace in Ukraine are "minimal" at present, the United Nations chief lamented Wednesday after a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said on Friday President Vladimir Putin will discuss with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a landmark deal allowing grain exports from Ukraine that Russia has repeatedly criticised. The agreement between Russia and Ukraine, which was brokered by Turkey and the...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was "impossible" to isolate Moscow and vowed to cut gas and oil deliveries to countries imposing a price cap on supplies. Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022....
USSURIYSK, Russia- President Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises on Tuesday involving China and several Russia-friendly countries as Moscow seeks to strengthen partnerships in Asia in the face of Western sanctions. Russia has found itself increasingly isolated as tensions between...
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...
MOSCOU, Russia -- The death of Mikhail Gorbachev triggered an outpouring of tributes from Western leaders on Wednesday but reaction was muted in Russia, where many blamed the last Soviet leader for the loss of the country's status as a global superpower. In this file photo taken on January 14, 1992...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia could do something particularly "cruel" during the upcoming week as Ukraine marks 31 years of independence, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned. The capital Kyiv announced a ban on public gatherings, and Kharkiv declared a curfew around Wednesday's independence...
The United States is offering the Philippines Chinook helicopters as a substitute for the Mi-17 helicopters from Russia, which the government would have had if it did not scrap its purchase deal with Russia. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Monday the Philippines is...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the "grave" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility. Sergiy...
