Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin

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 says that if Europe wants war, then Russia is ready

He said European powers had locked themselves out of peace talks on Ukraine because they had cut off contacts with Russia.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Moscow, Russia, October 27, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Russia's Lavrov says work under way on Putin's order on possible Russian nuclear test

US President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Finland's President Alexander Stubb (not pictured), in the Oval office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 9, 2025. File Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump says Putin should end the Ukraine war, not test missiles

US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, US, September 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference, at the end of his visit to China for the Tianjin SCO Summit and the military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool

Western troops in Ukraine would be target for Russian army: Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, September 2, 2025. Photo: Reuters

China-Russia pipeline diplomacy threatens Trump's energy grip

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference, at the end of his visit to China for the Tianjin SCO Summit and the military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool

Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photos before their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photos before their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

China's Xi hosts 'old friend' Putin, North Korea's Kim in challenge to West

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. SUO TAKEKUMA/Pool via REUTERS

China's Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by leaders of Russia and India

US President Donald Trump stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump adopts Putin's preference for route to Ukraine peace after meeting in Alaska

Demonstrators during a protest in solidarity with Ukraine in Anchorage. REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder

Trump will seek to squeeze Ukraine ceasefire deal out of Putin at Alaska summit

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

Why is Putin talking about a new nuclear weapons treaty with the US?