The special military operation in Ukraine is going favourably for the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin said Russia will continue to achieve its goals in Ukraine, despite the large-scale support of Kyiv from the West, the head of state emphasised. “Western elites continue to provide large-scale political, financial and military support to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin made the comment on a documentry film about his 25 years in power, local media reported. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes,” he said in the film. “However, there…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend Pope Francis burial, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Concern over quashing speculation that the Russian leader might make an appearance in spite of an international arrest warrant against him. When asked by journalists whether Putin had plans to attend the burial on Saturday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:…
The European Union (EU) has received no information from the United States regarding the progress of Ukraine negotiations between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU is working to arrange talks to gather first-hand information. She said they have already been in contact…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have praised the friendship between their countries in a telephone conversation, Chinese state television reported on Monday. History and reality had shown that Russia and China are good neighbours and true friends who support each other, Xi said, according to the report. The phone call…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was willing to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Russian media reported this on Tuesday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said Putin has repeatedly expressed his willingness to hold such talks but has raised doubts about Zelensky’s legitimacy. “The legal formalisation…
The release of U.S. national, Marc Fogel, sentenced in Russia to 14 years in prison for possession of cannabis, demonstrates that the great friendship between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would continue, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday. “And I think that’s maybe a sign about what working…
There is no understanding yet when a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump may be held, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. ”It the conversation is not scheduled; there is no agreement, there is no understanding on this matter yet,’’ Ryabkov said on Monday. Ryabkov added that Moscow…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his imminent inauguration as U.S. President. He had heard Trump’s demands to restore direct contacts between Moscow and Washington and to do everything to prevent a third world war, Putin told Russian news agencies at a meeting of the National Security Council on Monday. “We certainly…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said that both he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to meet as soon as he takes office. “And I know he (Putin) wants to meet, and I’m going to meet him very quickly. “I would have done it sooner ,but you have to get into the office. For…
