Tag: Putin
Putin, Trump to have summit in Helsinki on July 16
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White...
Putin says Russia has withdrawn 1,140 military personnel and 13 warplanes...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia has withdrawn 1,140 military personnel and 13 warplanes from Syria in last few days.
"As you...
Russia will stay in Syria ‘as long as beneficial’: Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russian forces would remain in Syria as long as it was in Moscow's interests, despite earlier announcing...
Putin: West wrongly sees Russia as a threat
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes other countries wrongly regard Russia as a threat and that mistaken concept can end if they...
Russia’s Putin: US enforcement of own laws abroad unacceptable
ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday it was unacceptable for the United States to apply its own rules beyond its borders.
"We...
Europe, Moscow making diplomatic overtures to save Iran deal
STREL'NA: French President Emmanuel Macron met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday outside Saint Petersburg, with the Iran nuclear deal as well as...
Japan’s prime minister heads to Russia for talks with Putin
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed to Russia on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin in hopes of making progress on joint...
Russian army soon to get new nuclear weapons: Putin
MOSCOW: The Russian military will soon receive new nuclear weapons, which are far ahead of any foreign designs, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
Speaking at...
Putin, Merkel discuss US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had discussed the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at talks with German Chancellor...
Putin approves new Cabinet that sees key figures remain
SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin reshuffled his Cabinet Friday, replacing some longtime members while keeping key figures in place.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presented the...
Putin, Erdogan stress preservation of Iran nuclear deal
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the preservation of the Iran nuclear deal is of fundamental...
Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Merkel discuss Iran nuclear deal
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Iran nuclear deal after Washington announced its withdrawal from it, the Kremlin...
Police in Russia detain opposition leader, activists before Putin’s inauguration
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead...
Erdogan, Putin launch construction of Turkey’s first nuclear plant
ANKARA: The groundbreaking ceremony of Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, was held Tuesday in Turkey's southern Mersin province with the...
Russia names Putin’s new ‘super weapons’ after a public vote
MOSCOW: Russia has unveiled the names for a new generation of nuclear-powered missiles touted by President Vladimir Putin as invincible after more than seven...
Kremlin lashes out at UK’s ‘absolutely irresponsible’ position
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Thursday slammed Britain's raft of punitive measures against Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent as “absolutely irresponsible".
“The...
Britain gives 24-hour deadline to Russia over ex-spy poisoning case
LONDON: The British Prime Minister Theresa May has given Russia till Tuesday midnight to explain why was a Russian nerve agent used to poison...
