Putin not welcome at D-Day event due to Ukraine war, French organisers say
PARIS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings in June, the French organisers said, although some Russian representatives would be…
Putin expects to discuss Black Sea grain deal with Turkey’s Erdogan next week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that it expected President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the implementation of a deal on Ukrainian grain exports, which…
Putin says Russia will post budget surplus this year, GDP to decline ‘around 2%’
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russia will post a budget surplus this year, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, forecasting a much shallower economic contraction than previously thought as Russia has overcome the…
Putin says Russia has ‘no problems’ selling energy resources
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would have no problems selling its vast energy resources around the world, despite Western sanctions designed to cut off the Kremlin’s vital…
Rouble slips as Putin addresses forum in Russia’s far east
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The rouble opened weaker on Wednesday, under pressure from lower oil prices, as President Vladimir Putin told an economic forum in Russia’s far east that the West’s futile and…
Putin Attends Joint Military Exercises With China
Putin Attends Joint Military Exercises With China Micaela Burrow on September 6, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the country’s far eastern region to observe the ongoing Vostok war games and…
Putin approves new foreign policy doctrine based on ‘Russian World’
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a “Russian World”, a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention…
Russia’s Putin expresses deepest condolences on death of Gorbachev -Interfax
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday expressed his deepest condolences on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax news agency. (Reporting by David…
Putin orders benefit payments for people arriving in Russia from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and disabled people.…
Russia can’t stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes -Putin ally
(Reuters) – A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounced its aspirations to join…
NO END IN SIGHT: Putin Calls For 137,000 Fresh Troops
NO END IN SIGHT: Putin Calls For 137,000 Fresh Troops Micaela Burrow on August 25, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed an increase of 137,000 combat personnel to Russia’s military on Thursday…
UK spy chief says Putin is losing information war in Ukraine -The Economist
(Reuters) – Russia has failed to gain ground in cyberspace against Ukraine almost six months after its invasion of the country, the head of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence service said on Friday. Jeremy…
Putin: Russia is ready to arm its allies
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow values its ties with countries in Latin American, Asia and Africa and that it is ready to offer modern weapons to…
Putin divestment decree complicates OTP’s Russian exit effort
BUDAPEST – Hungarian OTP Bank’s Russian unit has attracted “serious interest” from potential bidders, but a Russian presidential decree banning the sale of Western banks could complicate any deal, deputy chief executive…
Beneath a portrait of Putin, some Ukrainians embrace Russian passports
KHERSON, Ukraine – As the Soviet-era melody of the Russian national anthem filled the room, a small group of Ukrainians in this city seized by Russian troops nearly five months ago swore…
Germany Now ‘Hostage’ To Putin After US Poured Billions Into Defending It From Russia
Germany Now ‘Hostage’ To Putin After US Poured Billions Into Defending It From Russia Micaela Burrow on July 24, 2022 Russia’s cuts to natural gas exports have crippled Germany’s economy after a…
Putin Promises To Keep The Gas Flowing To Europe — For Now
Putin Promises To Keep The Gas Flowing To Europe — For Now Jack McEvoy on July 20, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would continue to supply Europe with natural gas,…
Putin Forges Deals In Iran After Biden Blows Through Middle East
Putin Forges Deals In Iran After Biden Blows Through Middle East Micaela Burrow on July 19, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Tehran on Tuesday for a summit with his Iranian…
Putin Can Afford To Shut Off Europe’s Gas Thanks To Record Energy Profits
Putin Can Afford To Shut Off Europe’s Gas Thanks To Record Energy Profits Jack McEvoy on July 19, 2022 Russia profited massively off its oil and gas sales throughout the ongoing global…
Explainer: What Putin wants from Iran and why Tehran might be cautious
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON – A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short…
Ukrainian Officials Silent After Putin Expands Russian Citizenship To All Ukrainians
Ukrainian Officials Silent After Putin Expands Russian Citizenship To All Ukrainians Josh Hypes on July 11, 2022 Ukrainian officials were silent as Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track citizenship path on…
At CIA headquarters, Biden lauds U.S. intelligence for Putin warnings
By Jeff Mason LANGLEY, Va. – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday thanked staff at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency for warning the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans…
Russia open to dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation, Putin says
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was open to dialogue on strategic stability and nuclear non-proliferation, but the Kremlin said no such talks with Washington were on the…
Analysis-Saudi Arabia walks oil policy tightrope between Biden and Putin
By Alex Lawler and Maha El Dahan LONDON/DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s push for swifter oil production hikes by OPEC+, which were agreed in June, involved behind-the-scenes diplomacy to ensure Russia backed the…
Timeline – The Bolsheviks to Putin: a history of Russian defaults
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – In 1918, Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky told Western creditors aghast at the Bolsheviks’ repudiation of Russia’s external debt: “Gentlemen, you were warned.” He reminded them that…
Russia’s Putin to make first foreign trips since launching Ukraine war
LONDON -Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week, Russian state television reported on Sunday, in what would be the Russian leader’s first known trip abroad…
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