Putin justified his decision in a speech blaming NATO for the current crisis and calling the US-led alliance an existential threat to Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for his bizarre and macho stunts, on Wednesday flew a motorized hand glider to lead a flock of endangered Siberian white cranes as they migrated to Asia.
Social media and Internet forums have recently been flooded with reports that Russian President Vladimir has tied the knot with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva in a secret ceremony.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Barack Obama on Monday held face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain.
Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on February 24, 2022. The Russian invaders have made military gains in eastern Ukraine, but their early objective of capturing their neighbouring country in days, if not weeks, has not come to pass.
Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accepted the leadership of the ruling United Russia and declared that he will take over as Prime Minister. A former KGB officer, Putin will leave Kremlin in three weeks after an eight-year reign. The United Russia party has an absolute majority in Russia's lower house, the State Duma.
Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to protect people's rights and freedoms in his new six-year tenure as Russian President, as he was sworn in for a record third term after winning polls marred by rigging allegations.
Military officials released new video on Monday of a close encounter between a Russian fighter jet and a US Air Force F-16 interceptor near Alaska, Associated Press has reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff on Friday called Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his landslide win in the Lok Sabha polls and said they were looking forward to meet him in the BRICS summit in July.
President Vladimir Putin dismissed a senior Russian Olympic Committee official on Thursday because of delays in construction work for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Calling the United States a 'parasite' on the global economy, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, "They are living beyond their means and shifting a part of the weight of their problems to the world economy."
On Tuesday, Ukraine President Zelenskyy announced Viktor Medvedchuk's arrest, showing him downcast and in cuffs, sparking widespread celebrations.
The summit probably fulfilled the expectations on both sides, but the bar of expectations was intentionally kept low, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to take part in a regional security summit and hold talks with top Chinese leaders on various issues.
The Russian President says a proposed US missile defence shield threatens Russia, and that Moscow would have to target European cities with nuclear missiles.
In what is seen as the first sign of China's exasperation over Russia's Ukraine war, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday raised 'questions and concerns' over the conflict in his meeting in Samarkand with Russian President Vladimir Putin who thanked Beijing for its 'balanced position' on the crisis.
The Russian president has expressed admiration for Israel's President Moshe Katsav, who faces sexual harassment charges.
A large number of people worldwide have lost their lives because of America's mistakes, President Donald Trump has said as he defended his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by equating his actions with those of the US government.
Yana Lapikova, former Miss Moscow contestant, was confirmed to have been appointed as one of Putin's official personal photographers on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday after Russia launched an attack on Ukraine.
Russian state television said two suspects had been arrested in the Ukranian Black Sea resort of Odessa and who later confessed on air to acting on instructions from the Chechen warlord Doku Umarov to kill Putin after Sunday's elections.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on spiralling oil and gas prices courtesy Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion.
Russia's parliament has granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country's military in the Crimea, the southern part of the Ukraine where support for Russia is strong.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had assured his support for ONGC Videsh Ltd taking a 20 per cent stake in the project, Deora said on Thursday.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday in an effort to secure energy assets, including UK-listed Imperial Energy Plc.
Modi, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a two-day visit, held talks with Putin during a restricted meeting in Kremlin to begin the 16th India-Russia Summit.
During her talks with Putin in his hometown St. Petersburg, Sonia was accompanied by External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and Indian Ambassador to Russia Kanwal Sibal.
After the formalities of the annual summit, the Russian Prime Minister will spend a day in Bangalore.
The youth said he was taken close to the frontline but his health deteriorated after spending sleepless nights as the war raged on.
The reality is that far from being friendless, India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold War, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
During their telephonic conversation, President Putin briefed Prime Minister Modi about the recent developments regarding Ukraine, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The glimpses of USA President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet prisoners, who were released from detention in Russia, upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, USA on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
Putin's party managed to cross 50 per cent mark in Sunday's parliamentary polls, although it has lost the two-thirds majority enjoyed in the outgoing State Duma.
Dominic Xavier wonders whether Joe Biden's sanctions against Russia are enough to make Vladimir Putin halt the senseless war in Ukraine.
A woman known as 'Katya' has been luring Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's critics into having sex with her and making their videos.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago brought death to thousands of soldiers and civilians while millions of Ukrainians have been displaced. It has brought death, destruction and hardship to the country.
Ahead of his dive to the bottom of world's deepest lake, 'Action man' Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, clipped a satellite transmitter to a beluga whale during a visit to the country's Far East region.
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