Putin says army fighting ‘aggressive’ NATO-backed force in Victory Parade address
- 09-May-2026
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that his soldiers in Ukraine were fighting an “aggressive force” backed by all of NATO and described his war goals as “just”, in a combative address to the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square. Putin has made the memory of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in […]
Vladimir Putin meets talking cat and dog in popular Russian cartoon
- 07-Jan-2026
MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin has made a cameo appearance in a popular Russian children’s cartoon, delivering a New Year message to the nation alongside a talking cat and dog. Residents of Prostokvashino, the fictional village that gives its name to the show, are stunned when the animated version of the Kremlin leader, flanked by Sharik the […]
Putin says US-Ukraine text could form basis for future peace deal
- 28-Nov-2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that outline draft peace proposals discussed by the United States and Ukraine could become the basis of future agreements to end the conflict in Ukraine, but that if not Russia would fight on. US President Donald Trump has long said he wants to end the war in Ukraine, […]
Trump says he will not meet with Putin until he thinks there is a deal on Ukraine
- 26-Oct-2025
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he does not plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin until he thinks a deal is in place to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine. “You have to know that we’re going to make a deal, I’m not going to be wasting my time,” Trump told reporters […]
Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy US relations
- 06-Oct-2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if the United States supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into Russia then it would lead to the destruction of Moscow’s relationship with Washington. Less than two months since US President Donald Trump met Putin at a summit in Alaska, peace looks even further away with […]
North Korea wipes traces of Kim Jong Un after Beijing meeting with Putin
- 04-Sep-2025
After Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign spies. Even with the appearance of budding friendship between Kim and Putin, footage on Wednesday […]
China’s Xi projects power at military parade with Putin and Kim
- 03-Sep-2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held his country’s largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The lavish event to mark 80 years since Japan’s defeat at the end of World War Two has been […]
Jude Law became ‘obsessive’ Putin watcher for role as Russian leader
- 31-Aug-2025
British actor Jude Law said Sunday he became an “obsessive” watcher of Vladimir Putin as he prepared for his role as the Russian leader in his new film “The Wizard of the Kremlin” which premieres later at the Venice Film Festival. Law, 52, bears an uncanny resemblance to Putin, aping his scowl and distinctive walking […]
Russia’s Putin arrives in China’s Tianjin for security summit
- 31-Aug-2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Sunday, Chinese and Russian state media reported, for a regional security summit that China hopes can counter Western influence in global affairs. For the rare four-day visit to Russia’s neighbour and largest trading partner, Putin arrived to a red carpet welcome, […]
Putin prepared to meet Zelenskiy but legitimacy an issue, Lavrov says
- 22-Aug-2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but all issues must be worked through first and there’s a question about Zelenskiy’s authority to sign a peace deal, Putin’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump met on Friday in Alaska for the first Russia-U.S. summit in […]