President Vladimir Putin

• NATO's ability to deter Russia has taken a hit with trans-Atlantic infighting - European allies and Canada are pouring billions of dollars into helping Ukraine, and they have pledged to massively boost their budgets to defend their territories. The rift has been most glaring over U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated
• Kremlin says Russia has invited Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks - MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had reiterated its invitation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks, as U.-led efforts to reach a deal ​to end the nearly four-year
• Kremlin says it is still waiting for U.S. response to Putin's nuclear treaty offer - MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Russia is still waiting for the United States to respond to President Vladimir Putin's proposal to informally extend for a year the provisions of the last remaining nuclear
• Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine - All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. As Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization — it's pulling out all the stops to find new troops to send in
• France's navy intercepts an oil tanker in the Mediterranean sailing from Russia - France’s navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet, officials said.
• Moscow reports record orders for weapons - Interest in Russian armaments abroad is at a record level, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said on Monday. "Until 2022, the maximum order value was $55 billion.
• ANALYSIS-Putin sends warning to Ukraine and West with weapon not used since 2024 - LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's launch of an Oreshnik hypersonic missile appears aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military might to Europe and the United States at a crucial juncture in talk
• U.S. reportedly seeks crypto mining access to Russia-occupied nuclear site - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States has expressed interest in establishing cryptocurrency mining operations at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). The statement came during a recent meeting between Putin and Rus
• Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison - A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin a
• The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia - The Kremlin on Thursday said it was in contact with the French authorities over the fate of a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly facing new charges of espionage. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov