Vladimir Putin

Obama's Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on

Russian-backed rebels' violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perpl...

Feb 09, 2015 03:54 AM EST

Merkel defends Ukraine arms stance in face of U.S. criticism

Germany's Angela Merkel said on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separat...

Feb 07, 2015 05:26 PM EST

Obama lays out security strategy, warns against 'overreach'

President Barack Obama released an updated national security strategy on Friday that committed the U...

Feb 06, 2015 06:28 PM EST

Kerry in Kiev amid calls to arm Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in snowbound Kiev on Thursday amid calls for Washington t...

Feb 05, 2015 06:02 AM EST

Hungary PM: strong diplomatic ties with Russia, Germany a priority

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday that his main foreign policy goal was mainta...

Feb 04, 2015 10:03 PM EST

Ex-KGB spy Litvinenko told UK police Putin ordered his death

Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died three months after drinking tea poisoned with a radioactiv...

Jan 28, 2015 04:31 AM EST

Moscow says North Korean leader Kim confirms Russia visit: Yonhap

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed he will attend celebrations in Russia in May marking t...

Jan 28, 2015 04:21 AM EST

Russia blocks U.N. statement on Ukraine as fighting escalates

Russia prevented the U.N. Security Council on Saturday from criticizing statements by pro-Russian Uk...

Jan 25, 2015 05:59 AM EST

Putin blames Ukraine's 'criminal orders' for new fighting

Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed "criminal orders" by Ukrainian leaders on Friday for a surge...

Jan 23, 2015 10:24 PM EST

Litvinenko's wife says inquiry will finally reveal facts of ex-KGB spy's death

Nine years after former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in a plush London hotel in what ha...

Jan 23, 2015 03:57 AM EST

Russian patriarch says halving abortions would solve population crisis

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill called on Thursday for a deep cut in the "horrifyingly high" numbe...

Jan 23, 2015 03:44 AM EST

Russia says North Korea sent positive signal on Kim visit in May

Russia received a positive initial signal from North Korea after President Vladimir Putin invited it...

Jan 22, 2015 02:10 AM EST

Activists arrested after dousing Lenin's tomb with holy water

Two performance artists were arrested after pouring holy water on the Red Square tomb of Soviet lead...

Jan 20, 2015 08:33 PM EST

Hundreds of thousands protest in Chechnya against Mohammad cartoons

Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia's Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kre...

Jan 19, 2015 10:00 PM EST

Thousands join anti-Charlie rally in Russia's Chechnya

Tens of thousands of people staged a rally on Monday in Russia's Chechnya region against French maga...

Jan 19, 2015 06:39 AM EST

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