Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect – and dismissed claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries as “nonsense”. In a televised event lasting almost four and a half hours, he was asked by the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg whether there […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would not vaccinate foreign citizens against COVID-19 for free. “There is a practice where people from different countries, including businessmen, the chiefs of large European and other companies, intentionally come to Russia to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus. “In this regard, I request the government […]
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, discussed normalising bilateral relations as they met in person for the first time on Wednesday in Iceland, reports said on Thursday. Blinken said the U.S. seeks “a predictable, stable relationship with Russia” in comments ahead of the meeting, according to a State Department […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday predicted that the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump would not be upheld by the U.S. Senate. Putin told a nationally televised news conference that Trump’s Republican Party has the majority in the Senate. Trump’s Impeachment an ‘unconstitutional travesty’ – White House “It’s unlikely that they would want to […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a legislation to enable authorities to label individuals as foreign agents. Authorities had previously been able to force entities implicated in serving the interests of a foreign power to register as a foreign agent or face closure. ALSO READ U.S. resumes aid to Lebanese military The Kremlin said in […]
Russia has declared interest in developing the mining industry in Africa through a multilateral approach. This was disclosed on Thursday during a panel session at the ongoing Afreximbank Annual Meeting in Moscow, Russia. One of the key focal points of the session was the Russian and African cooperation in the development of the mining industry […]
Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days’ time. The weapons he boasted of included a cruise […]
U.S. Secretary of State John met Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday in the resort city of Sochi, in Kerry’s first visit to Russia since relations soured over sharp disagreements on Ukraine and Syria. Before sitting down with Putin, Kerry met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for more than four hours in what was then the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev speak during their meeting in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, March 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappeared in public following a 10-day absence, laughed off suggestions he had been forced to lie low because of poor health, saying on Monday that […]