Russian President Vladimir Putin

PROJECT SYNDICATE / The Dark Side of Neutrality

Those who would claim neutrality forfeit their standing to complain about the horrors of colonisation anywhere.

The threat of a ‘nuclear winter’

Even though it is a chilling concept, there are credible precedents of nuclear winter.

Ukraine will never forgive Russia: Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov

Ukraine will never forgive Russia for a shameful conflict which has thrown back Russia's development by half a century to Soviet times predating Mikhail Gorbachev, journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov told Reuters.

Gorbachev denied state funeral, Putin decides not to attend

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.

Boris Johnson says if Putin "were a woman", there'd be no Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

NKorea’s Kim arrives for summit with Russia’s Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in the Russian city of Vladivostok for a summit he is likely to use to seek support from President Vladimir Putin while Pyongyang’s nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo.

Putin calls Modi expressing solidarity in fight against terror

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed solidarity of his country with India in the latter’s fight against terrorism.

A new Russian first lady

Russian President Vladimir Putin says on Thursday he would probably have to get married again, but did not say to whom.

Putin awards Russia’s chief coach with Alexander Nevsky Order

Russian President Vladimir Putin presents the Russia national football team’s coaching staff and players with state awards on Saturday according to TASS.

March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019

Putin calls Modi expressing solidarity in fight against terror

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed solidarity of his country with India in the latter’s fight against terrorism.

December 21, 2018
December 21, 2018

A new Russian first lady

Russian President Vladimir Putin says on Thursday he would probably have to get married again, but did not say to whom.

July 29, 2018
July 29, 2018

Putin awards Russia’s chief coach with Alexander Nevsky Order

Russian President Vladimir Putin presents the Russia national football team’s coaching staff and players with state awards on Saturday according to TASS.

July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018

Putin says 'ready to go to Washington', invites Trump to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has invited US leader Donald Trump to visit Moscow and is ready to travel to Washington for a new summit, as he praises their "useful" meetings.

July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Trump invites Putin to Washington despite US uproar over Helsinki summit

President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House says, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over Trump's failure to publicly confront Putin at their first summit for Moscow's meddling in the 2016 election.

July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018

Obama warns of 'strange and uncertain times' in Mandela tribute

Former US president Barack Obama uses a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in US elections.

July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018

Trump says Putin summit ‘even better’ than NATO meeting

President Donald Trump cast his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a glowing light and attempts to discredit the widely held perception that the day he spent with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, is detrimental to the United States.

March 27, 2018
March 27, 2018

Putin: Mall fire was criminal negligence

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the scene of a fire in a shopping mall that killed at least 64 people, and hit out at "criminal negligence" which he says was to blame for the high death toll.

March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018

Russia, SAARC, EU mourn plane crash deaths

Russian President Vladimir Putin,South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the European Union expresses heartfelt condolences to all the victims of the plane crash of the US Bangla flight in Kathmandu, Nepal.

March 12, 2018
March 12, 2018

Russia test-fires 'ideal' hypersonic missile

Russia says it successfully launched a hypersonic missile which President Vladimir Putin called "an ideal weapon" as he unveiled a new array of next-generation arms earlier.