Tag: President Vladimir Putin
Putin, Obama head for UN showdown over Syria
AFP – Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a clash Monday with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the…
Putin to meet Pope during trip to Italy
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is set for a rare trip to Western Europe on Wednesday just two days after a…
Putin hosts huge WWII victory parade amid Western snub
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Saturday staged a huge military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi…
Russia arrests two over Nemtsov killing
Russia said Saturday it had arrested two men suspected of organising and carrying out the murder of opposition activist Boris…
Putin pledges to nail opposition leader’s killers
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to bring the “vile” killers of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov to justice as Western…
Navalny calls for protests, says Putin’s regime ‘must be destroyed’
Russia’s charismatic protest leader Alexei Navalny, who got a suspended sentence but saw his brother sent to jail Tuesday, galvanised…
Putin and Merkel have ‘serious differences’ over Ukraine – Kremlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have major differences over the origin and causes of the conflict…
Putin’s seven-point plan for Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine was set Friday to hammer out a ceasefire deal with pro-Russian rebels after almost five months of fighting that…
Pussy Riot say no place for Putin at G20
The two best known members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot Saturday called on Australia to withdraw its invitation to…
Putin aide denies Ukraine rebel claims of Russia sending arms
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denied Sunday a Ukrainian separatist leader’s claim that the insurgents had just received a large shipment…
Egypt’s Sisi visits Putin for arms purchase talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hosted his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for talks about Cairo’s purchase of advanced…
Putin’s approval rating soars to 87% in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s domestic approval rating has soared to 87 per cent, pollsters said on Thursday, the highest level…
Putin says international experts must have access to crash site
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday it was essential for international investigators to be granted safe access to the…
Putin ‘must take responsibility’ for crash site access
Vladimir Putin must act to allow access to the Ukranian rebel-held crash site of flight MH17 so bodies can be…
Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a…
Putin calls for urgent Ukraine crisis settlement after jet crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for an urgent settlement of the Ukraine crisis as he expressed condolences to Dutch…
Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine’s president
Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukraine’s fifth post-Soviet president on Saturday, vowing to maintain the unity of his country…
Putin calls Hillary Clinton a ‘weak’ woman
Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and possible 2016…
Sanctions on Russia will ‘boomerang’ on West – Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that sanctions imposed on Russian officials over the Ukraine crisis would backfire on Western countries.…
Prince Charles ‘compares Putin to Hitler’
Prince Charles was mired in controversy on Wednesday after he reportedly compared the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Russia-West relations will be normalised – Putin
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties…
Crimea: Lessons For Africa
By Makinde Collins The recent suspension of Russia from the G8 club of rich countries has been described as “no…
Russia’s Putin an oil Sheikh by proxy?
Is Russia’s strong man Vladimir Putin an oil sheikh, hiding under the masquerade of Gunvor, world’s no 4 oil trading…
Russia, Ukraine close to war
Russia and its former satellite, Ukraine may be edging towards war, after President Vladimir Putin on Saturday won approval from…
Ukraine: A diary of crisis
Here is a chronology of key events in Ukraine as the Russian parliament Saturday approved a request by Russian President…
New Year Glitch: Russia’s Putin delivers two speeches
Russians on Tuesday heard two different versions of President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address after a “technical glitch” meant some…
The Putins, Russia’s first couple announce divorce
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Thursday announced their divorce after three decades of marriage, in a stunning…
$50b smuggled out of Russia in 2011
Russia’s central bank said Wednesday that $49 billion had left the country illegally last year in a staggering capital flight…
Chelsea’s Abramovich scores a goal in court
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, won his bitter legal battle with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky…