Tag: Putin

Putin says Russia has ‘very friendly’ relations with Saudi crown prince

President Vladimir Putin said Russia has “very friendly personal relations” with Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman. Putin was speaking in...

Pakistan eyes new horizons with Russia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had “high-level meetings” with Russia President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,...

Putin meets Pompeo as US seeks ‘a way forward’ in ties

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the highest-level talks between the rival powers in nearly...

North Korea’s Kim says US acting in ‘bad faith’

VLADIVOSTOK: Kim Jong Un has accused the US of acting in “bad faith” in talks on its nuclear arsenal, North Korean state media said Friday...

North Korea’s Kim in Russia for first talks with Putin

MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was looking forward to his first talks with President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in...

UK and Russia hold first talks in over a year

Junior foreign ministers from Britain and Russia met in Germany on Saturday in the highest-level contact between the two countries since an alleged nerve...

Russia, Germany, France and Turkey meet for four-way Syria summit

ISTANBUL: The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for a summit on Syria, where violence this week in the...

Russia will target European nations hosting US missiles, warns Putin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would be forced to target any European countries that agreed to host US nuclear missiles...

Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: Bolton

MOSCOW: Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the...

VIDEO: ‘If someone attacks us from outside, we will charge,’ Putin...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met undisputed lightweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov after his famous win against Irish fighter Conor McGregor. On Sunday,...

UK group Bellingcat: Putin honoured poisoning suspect in 2014

LONDON: The investigative group Bellingcat says one of the two suspects in the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain had been made a...

US, China look on as Putin seeks India arms deals

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

Russia’s Putin to discuss military cooperation on India visit: Kremlin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin will discuss military cooperation with India when he visits the country this week, the Kremlin said on Monday, without specifying...

Russia to start building two nuclear reactors in Hungary soon: Putin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian state atomic energy firm Rosatom would start the construction of two new reactors at...

Putin, Erdogan hold talks on Syria’s rebel-held Idlib

SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday to try to come to an agreement over the Syrian...

Putin ally re-elected Moscow mayor amid mass arrests

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin's ally has been overwhelmingly re-elected Moscow's mayor, officials said Monday, following a poll overshadowed by pension protests and mass...

Japan’s Abe says talks with Putin moving towards peace treaty

VLADIVOSTOK: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin were moving towards a peace treaty. Russia and Japan...