Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters

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

UK Defence Minister John Healey says Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'hidden hand' may be behind some of the tactics deployed by Tehran in the Middle East conflict.

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?

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. File Photo: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo

Putin defiant after Trump sanctions Russian oil companies over Ukraine

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. File Photo: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo

US sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills

An artilleryman of the 15th 'Kara-Dag' Brigade of the Operational Assignment of the National Guard of Ukraine fires a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops, at a position, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Kupiansk in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

Putin-Trump summit on hold after Russia rejects ceasefire