Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araqchi talks with officials, according to Iran's media, during his visit to Russia for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a place given as St. Petersburg, Russia, in this screenshot from a video released on 27 April 2026. Seyed Abbas Araghchi via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS

Putin pledges support for Iran in talks with Araqchi in Russia, says he wants peace soon

Russia has offered to ​mediate to try to help restore calm to the ​Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, ⁠which Moscow has condemned.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony to award members of the Russian Paralympic team, who took part in the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 19 March 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Putin to meet Iranian foreign minister: State media

Photo: Collected via UNB

'Voracious predators' driving global rights crisis: Amnesty International

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters

UK defence minister suggests Putin's 'hidden hand' behind Iran tactics

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Photo: Collected

Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions

People lay flowers at the grave of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny following his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, March 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo/File Photo

European allies say Navalny was poisoned by dart frog toxin; Russia rejects claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin to discuss Ukraine peace with US envoys after Trump says a deal is reasonably close

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks, as he visits the command post of the Russian forces grouping in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released December 27, 2025. Photo: Kremlin.ru/Handout via REUTERS

Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn't want peace

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists as he attends the VTB Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via REUTERS

Putin ready to talk to France's Macron on Ukraine: spokesman

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum at the Moscow Manege in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Putin says no more wars if West respects Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend a meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan December 12, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Pool via REUTERS

'Peace is not far away' says Erdogan, returning from Putin meeting

This is Putin's first visit to India since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Photo: Reuters 

Putin's India visit tests New Delhi's balancing act with US

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a concert before an informal dinner on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia October 22, 2024. Photo: Aleksey Nikolskyi/BRICS-RUSSIA2024.RU Host Photo Agency via REUTERS/File Photo

What's behind Putin's first visit to India since the Ukraine war?