Vladimir Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with Acting Governor of the Kursk region Alexei Smirnov via a video link outside Moscow, Russia August 8, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Putin loyalists set to win local elections in war-affected Russian regions

Russia's three-day local and regional elections came to an end on Sunday evening, with voters expected to elect Kremlin-backed candidates in all 21 gubernatorial races, as well as legislative...

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh during a meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia September 3, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Sofia Sandurskaya/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Putin gets lavish welcome in Mongolia despite ICC warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at an airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia September 2, 2024. Photo:Sputnik/Natalia Gubernatorova/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Ukraine criticises Mongolia's failure to arrest Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian-installed leader of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia June 25, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Putin accuses West of persecuting Russian journalists

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov look at weapons that were said to be captured during Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, as they visit the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Russia August 20, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Putin inspects troops readying to fight Ukraine in surprise trip to Chechnya

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference, in Mexico City, Mexico, July 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo
Politics

Mexico invites Putin to presidential inauguration, Russia's Izvestia newspaper says

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Russian nationals, who were released in a prisoner exchange between Russia with Western countries, during a welcoming ceremony at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia August 1, 2024. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference following the talks with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 8, 2019. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo
Europe

Putin meets Syria's Assad in Moscow

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to U.S. President Joe Biden speak at a Ukraine Compact meeting, on the sidelines of the NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S. July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman
USA

Biden mistakenly refers to Zelenskiy as Putin before correcting himself

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a NATO event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance, in Washington, US, 9 July, 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Ukraine will stop Putin, Biden tells NATO in forceful speech

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence near Moscow, Russia July 8, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
Politics

India’s Modi makes first Russia visit since Ukraine invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 Sept, 2022. The Kremlin on Thursday said Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Putin. The visit was first announced by the Russian officials last month, but the dates have not been previously disclosed. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Politics

Putin hosts Modi after hailing ‘Best in History’ ties with India rival China

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 Sept, 2022. The Kremlin on Thursday said Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Putin. The visit was first announced by the Russian officials last month, but the dates have not been previously disclosed. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
World+Biz

India's Modi will meet with Putin on 2-day visit to Russia starting Monday, Kremlin says