Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin's St. George Hall in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Putin authorises creation of state messaging app to combat WhatsApp and Telegram

Russia has long sought to establish what it calls digital sovereignty by promoting home-grown services

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

As Trump weighs action, Xi and Putin subtly warn against escalation in Iran-Israel crisis: CNN analysis

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the supervisory board of the Russia - Land of Opportunity organisation in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Putin says he does not want to discuss the possible Israeli-US killing of Iran's supreme leader

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

Putin speaks to Trump, condemns Israel's strikes on Iran: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the supervisory board of the Russia - Land of Opportunity organisation in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Trump says Putin is 'playing with fire' as Russia makes gains in Ukraine

Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, 13 February 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
World+Biz

Trump says Putin has 'gone absolutely CRAZY', considering more sanctions on Russia

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

Trump to speak to Putin on end to war in Ukraine as Europeans demand ceasefire

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speak during Ukraine security meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, on May 16, 2025. Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
USA

Trump to speak to Russian, Ukrainian leaders on Monday after talks in Turkey

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives for a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Europe

Ukraine's Zelenskiy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron visit the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2025. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Zelenskiy tells Putin to come to Turkey if he wants talks, after Trump intervention

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a statement to the media at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on 11 May 2025. Sergey Bobylev/Host agency RIA Novosti/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Photo: May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool
Europe

Putin greets China's Xi at Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a report of Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia April 26, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Russia says last Ukrainian troops expelled from Kursk region, Kyiv denies assertion