Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia would deploy new intermediate-range missiles only if the United States does and called for urgent arms-control talks to prevent a chaotic arms race after the demise of a key nuclear pact.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was discharged from a hospital Monday even though his physician raised suspicions of a possible poisoning after he suffered facial swelling and a rash while in jail.
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Once a local, low-key affair, the September vote for Moscow’s city council has shaken up Russia’s political scene as the Kremlin struggles with how to deal with opposing views in its own capital.
Read moreRussian opposition leaders led a rally in Moscow of about 1,000 people Sunday to protest the city election commission’s decision that will keep several opposition candidates off the ballot in a local election.
Read moreWith a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump told Russia’s Vladimir Putin “Don’t meddle in the election” in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Russia extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign.
Read moreIn a rare interview with Western press, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the idea of liberalism “obsolete” and warned that the United States was pushing the world into a dangerous new arms race.
Read moreWhen President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet this week on the sidelines of an international summit in Japan, it will mark a new chapter in a much scrutinized relationship that crackles with questions and contradictions.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin has told the annual military Victory Day parade in Red Square that the country will continue to strengthen its armed forces.
Read morePresident Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday about nuclear weapons, the possibility of getting China into a three-party arms control pact and the ongoing crisis in Venezuela where Moscow is propping up the current government over the U.S.-backed opposition.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin told Kim Jong-un he appreciates the North Korean leader’s efforts to improve relations between the rival Koreas and normalize ties with Washington as the two leaders on Thursday began their first summit.
Read moreSmiling and upbeat, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday stepped off his khaki-green armored train in far-eastern Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear weapons program.
Read moreWhen North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin for their first one-on-one meeting, he will have a long wish list and a strong desire to notch a win after the failure of his second summit with President Donald Trump.
Read moreNorth Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia and meet with President Vladimir Putin.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Turkish counterpart in Moscow on Monday, discussing how to coordinate their next moves in Syria and how to deepen business ties, including the sale of advanced Russian missiles to Turkey that has riled the United States.
Read morePresident Vladimir Putin urged Russia’s top domestic security agency on Wednesday to tighten its protection of information related to new weapons and other sensitive data.
Read moreThe daughter of the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured an intern’s job at the European Union’s legislature at a time of increasing political confrontation between the EU and Russia.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin focused on social needs in his state-of-the-nation address Wednesday, promising to raise welfare payments, improve education and the struggling health care system, and remove toxic dump sites from cities.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin says arms control issues will likely top the agenda of his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called Sergei Skripal, the ex-spy who was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent in Britain, a traitor and a “scumbag.”
Read moreAppearing before a Senate panel on Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed little about what happened during President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
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