For years, Putin claimed that direct talks with Ukraine were impossible because President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government was illegitimate and, more important, Ukraine wasn’t a real country ...

Vladimir Putin continues to confront Ukraine with absurd demands during so-called peace talks. Mr. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants victory, and he’s playing President Trump to achieve it ...

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters at the G7 summit in Canada and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was insulted after being thrown out of the G8 summit. Trump went on ...

Putin says Russia must not let economy slip into recession Tells officials to ensure balanced growth for cooling economy Pressure mounting on central bank to cut ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will hold joint military exercises with China in 2025.

Russian business leaders are backing legislation that would stop Western companies one day returning to the market they left after the Ukraine invasion.

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President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.

The head of Russia's Caucasus region of Chechnya, a fervent supporter of Moscow's war in Ukraine, said Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin telephoned him on Saturday to congratulate him on his son's ...

Shirtless Vladimir Putin takes dip in icy Russian lake for the Epiphany The brawny, bare-chested Russian leader, 65, was photographed Thursday taking a dip in the frigid cold waters of Lake ...

The Russian president faces the most perilous period for his country in decades.

President Donald Trump arrived in Alberta, Canada, just before midnight on Sunday, to attend the Group of 7 (G7) industrialized nations meeting. By Monday morning he was publicly denouncing the ...