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Russia responds to Joe Biden’s criticism of Vladimir Putin’s absence from COP26
The Kremlin rejected President Joe Biden’s questioning of Vladimir Putin’s commitment to tackle the climate crisis, saying “let’s not forget that forests are burning in California”. ... -
Putin says forest conservation at COP26 is vital to tackle climate change
MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has said protecting forests is vital to tackle climate change and that Russia will rely on its own ... -
Sputnik jab proves ineffective against resisting Russians
Some call it “experimental,” some don’t trust the government, some even buy fake certificates – as their country experiences a record wave of coronavirus, Russians are ... -
“Dishonest competition”: Putin attacks the G20 over vaccines | Coronavirus pandemic News
Russia complained about the lack of international recognition for its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a G20 summit, where leaders agreed to step up global vaccination ... -
‘Kremlin tricked me,’ says Russian anti-Putin communist star caught with elk blood on his hands
With Alexei Navalny in prison and his closest allies on the run abroad, Communists led by Mr Rashkin, a staunch supporter of Navalny, spearheaded protests against ... -
Moscow begins non-work period as infections and deaths skyrocket
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian capital began a period of non-work on Thursday aimed at stemming coronavirus infections as daily new cases and deaths from COVID-19 ... -
Biden visits G20 to discuss energy prices and supply chain issues
A worker watches the G20 media center at the Palazzo dei Congressi in the city’s EUR district, which will host the G20 summit with heads of ... -
Vladimir Putin calls transgender equality a “crime against humanity”
Vladimir Putin – Photo: Presidential Executive Office of Russia Anti-LGBTQ Russian President Vladimir Putin has severely reprimanded LGBTQ rights, including calling efforts to teach children about ... -
Daily Briefing October 24 – What prompted Bennett to spend the weekend in Sochi?
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, Sunday through ... -
Putin says Western military support for Ukraine threatens Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Valdai Annual Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, October 21, 2021. Sputnik / Maksim Blinov / Kremlin via ... -
Vladimir Putin will not attend COP26 for Russia, one of the world’s worst carbon emitters
Read more Mr Peskov said the Russian side would be represented at the summit but details would be released at a later date. With Mr. Putin’s ... -
Opinion: The NATO-Russia divide is the next level of Putin’s escalation | Reviews | DW
In a mocking tone that has become something of a trademark of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that “in an emergency” the alliance should contact ... -
Putin’s Russia clamps down on free speech and political dissent
MOSCOW – Russia is in the midst of the biggest crackdown on the free press and political dissent since the Soviet era. The trends that drive ... -
Taliban reject Vladimir Putin’s claim of ISIS-K presence in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban on Saturday rejected Russia’s claims that there was a strong presence of ISIL-K, an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, in northern ... -
Could the West strike a deal with Putin to keep the lights on this winter?
Public servants may be casually optimistic, but that’s not all. While the UK imports relatively little gas from Russia at present, Russia’s decisions largely determine the ... -
NATO ally warns Russia’s Nord Stream 2 leaves Ukraine at the mercy of Vladimir Putin
Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomenas has warned that the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is expected to start delivering Russian gas to Germany via ... -
Vladimir Putin talks about energy and geopolitics
Russia hits new daily Covid death record as infections rise and vaccinations lag Russia says gas supplies to Europe are at peak levels, any increase to ... -
France and Germany in talks with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine in the midst of the gas crisis
âWe continue to need Russian gas and we will probably need more than what has been contracted. This is why Spain is rightly proposing that negotiations ... -
Erdogan, Putin and a mysterious closed-door summit
Erdogan, Putin and a mysterious closed-door summit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin kept their discussions during their last meeting confidential. (AFP ... -
Pandora Papers: Leaks Lead to Investigations in Some Countries, Denials in Others
Days after the Washington Post and partner news organizations published a series of articles based on the Pandora Papers, a mine of more than 11.9 million ... -
Vladimir Putin bets on weak EU politicians to hold UK and EU hostage with gas lines | World | New
Bob Seely claimed that Vladimir Putin is betting on the “weakness of European politicians” by holding the European Union hostage with gas pipelines, claiming that the ... -
Bennett and Putin talk about regional security
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on Thursday. The leaders discussed “a number of subjects, foremost among them regional ... -
Biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin – Russian Politics & Diplomacy
MOSCOW, October 6. / TASS /. Russian President Vladimir Putin turns 69 on October 7, 2021. Background, education, university degree Vladimir Putin was born in Leningrad ... -
Latest updates: GM plans to double revenue by 2030, with electric cars driving growth
US private sector hires increased the most in September in three months, fueled by the hospitality and entertainment industry as the spread of Covid-19 slowed. The ... -
Pandora Papers: Singaporean company of HealthifyMe owner linked to former Putin aide’s fund
Tushar Vashisht, son of former DGP Haryana Shriniwas Vashisht, established HealthifyMe Wellness Private Limited (HWPL) which operates an AI-based health and fitness platform in India, through ... -
Pandora Leak once again brings up a familiar Russian name: Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Rostec
His face can be seen in grainy photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Dresden era as a Soviet KGB officer, and his name – ... -
Pandora papers: leaked documents reveal secrets
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug traffickers have hidden their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront properties, yachts and other assets ... -
A remarkable woman’s fight for justice against Vladimir Putin
The Soviet Union had a long tradition of assassination of enemies, but after its collapse under Yeltsin the assassinations ceased and Moscow’s secret poison lab was ... -
Russia withdraws offer to freeze nuclear warhead production
Russian president Vladimir Poutine is no longer interested in a joint nuclear weapons production freeze with the United States, according to a senior Russian representative who ... -
Turkmen President says he has open and meaningful dialogue with Putin – world
ASHGABAT, October 1. / TASS /. Turkmen President Gurbanbuly Berdymukhamedov described his personal dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin as one based on trust, the most ... -
Vladimir Putin takes advantage of German chaos as the Kremlin casts a frightening threat on Berlin | World | New
Russia has warned it will ban YouTube and block German news media websites after the video hosting platform removed two online channels operated by Russia Today ... -
Thanks to covid-19, Vladimir Putin has become almost invisible
FRESH OF victories in Tokyo, the Russian Olympic medalists were preparing for a reception with Vladimir Putin earlier this month when told they would spend a ... -
Vladimir Putin to Turkish President
Vladimir Putin told Recep Tayyip Erdogan he should use Russia’s Sputnik for his next recall shot Moscow: President Vladimir Putin told Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ... -
How Tajikistan became the hub of Afghan resistance
As the international community grapples with whether to recognize the new Taliban regime in Kabul, one country quickly made it clear where it stood. Neighboring Tajikistan ... -
Turkish and Russian leaders hold high-stakes summit
The presidents of Russia and Turkey will hold a summit on September 29, in what is considered the most important meeting between the two leaders in ... -
New Book Says Trump Told Putin I’ll Be Tough On You – For The Cameras | Donald trump
Donald Trump has told Vladimir Putin he has to be tough alongside the Russian president for the cameras, according to former White House press secretary Stephanie ... -
Homeland security protected Trump by ignoring Putin and white supremacist risks, ex-insider says
A just retired An official from the Department of Homeland Security who filed a whistleblower complaint Last year he ticked off the dangerous ways Donald Trump ... -
US, Russia Establish Second Round of Strategic Talks Under Administrator Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States and Russia will hold their second round of strategic talks later this week as the two sides attempt to resolve ... -
Britain doomed to winter of discontent, warns Ukrainian gas king
Mr Vitrenko said that the argument that Gazprom cannot produce more contradicts the stated justification of the Baltic gas pipeline. âIf that were the case, you ... -
Assad the outcast sold to the west as the key to peace in the Middle East | Bashar al-Assad
For almost a decade, he was an outcast who struggled to secure a meeting abroad or even assert himself with his visitors. Largely alone in his ... -
Can Putin and Erdogan reconcile their “diametrically opposed” interests at their next summit?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi, a seaside town on the Black Sea, on September 29. ... -
Russia’s Ulyanovsk region highlights limits of Sino-Russian relations
ULYANOVSK, Russia – From large gas projects to closer military cooperation and improving bilateral trade which reached a record high of over $ 110 billion in ... -
Germany Faces Worse Gas Crisis As Brexit UK Beats Putin With Norway | Sciences | New
The EU now also faces gas shortages and could be threatened with gas and ration shutdowns as prices skyrocket to record highs – with German media ... -
Zelenskyy denounces UN inaction on Putin’s war in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York. September 22, 2021 (REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his ... -
Expectations and choices for Erdoğan and Putin at the Sochi summit
Next week, September 29, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan will travel to Sochi to deliver a speech at a bilateral summit at the invitation of Russian President ... -
Senior US military general speaks with his Russian counterpart | News on border disputes
General Mark Milley meets Russian General Valery Gerasimov in Finland for six hours amid the American push to bases in Central Asia. The highest military leader ... -
Putin’s grip on energy makes Europe increasingly vulnerable
The EU imports more than 40% of its natural gas from Russia as warnings tell it it needs to diversify its energy supply. The second largest ... -
Court finds Russia behind the poisoning of a former spy in London in 2006
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Russia is responsible for the 2006 assassination of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died after ... -
Vladimir Putin gets a boost after a statement from a Merkel ally: “We need Russia” | World | New
Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), leads the German elections this weekend and reiterated his willingness to form a coalition with the ... -
President Ilham Aliyev calls Russian Vladimir Putin
September 20, 2021 7:00 p.m. (UTC + 04:00) 366 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azertag reported on September 20. The Head of ... -
Vladimir Putin supported the idea of declaring 2023 the Year of Teachers and Mentors – India Education | Latest Education News | Global education news
Yekaterina Grishina, a graduate of Moscow School No.1514, who this year received a maximum of 400 points in the US exam, turned to Russian President Vladimir ... -
Putin’s Russia United party set to hold majority after opposition is eliminated
Millions of Russians will vote this weekend in a general election that is expected to bring little political change. Some 14 parties present candidates for half ... -
Vladimir Putin accused of skyrocketing gas prices and stripping UK supermarket shelves
VLADIMIR Putin has been accused of causing gas prices to skyrocket, threatening to expose UK supermarket shelves. Rising natural gas prices have had a ripple effect ... -
Xi, Putin pledge to cooperate in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
Updates in Asia Sign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Asian news. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, his ... -
Erdoğan and Putin set to meet in Sochi to discuss Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan is expected to visit Russia later this month for talks with President Vladimir Putin over the violence in northwestern Syria, where ... -
SCO should have a common position on Afghanistan: Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries need a common stance on the risks in Afghanistan following the “escape” of US ... -
Vladimir Putin is still shaken by Alexei Navalny
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR POUTINE has every reason to be angry. He tried to poison Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition. He locked him up in ... -
Vladimir Putin to compete in Beijing 2022 Olympics as Russia remains on doping threat, Sports News
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Beijing Olympics in February 2022 because he accepted an invitation from China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on ... -
Vladimir Putin of Russia is in self-isolation due to COVID cases in his inner circle
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has isolated himself after people around him were infected with the coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, adding that the ... -
Ukraine declares all-out war with Russia ‘a possibility’ | World news
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been going on for seven years and has already claimed thousands of lives. However, all-out war is still possible, warned Ukrainian President ... -
Near the North Pole, a warning about climate change
A huge icebreaker makes its way through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, leading the way to the North Pole, all white as far as ... -
France and Russia clash over who will call Champagne … ‘Champagne’: NPR
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a glass of Soviet champagne during a ceremony in the Kremlin in 2017. A new Russian law stipulates that only Russian ... -
In Russian arctic, campaigner Navalny’s candidacy crushed
FILE PHOTO: Opposition activist Violetta Grudina poses for a photo in Murmansk, Russia, May 26, 2021. Courtesy of Violetta Grudina / Document via REUTERS reuters_tickers This ... -
Rule of law gaps are the biggest obstacle to Ukraine’s future success
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pictured during Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrations in Kiev on August 24. (Photo: president.gov.ua) The Biden administration is preparing to welcome Ukrainian President ... -
PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange views on developments in Afghanistan
PM Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia | FRP Text size: A- A + New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks ... -
“I don’t want militants in Russia”: President Vladimir Putin | World news
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday rejected the idea of ââsending evacuees from Afghanistan to countries close to Russia, saying he did not want “militants showing ... -
Putin hopes ruling party dominates parliament after vote | World news
By DARIA LITVINOVA, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed hope that the Kremlin’s United Russia Party would maintain its dominance ... -
How modern Ukraine was made on Maidan
Ukrainians celebrate New Year in Maidan during the Euromaidan revolution. December 31, 2013. (REUTERS / Maxim Zmeyev) As Ukraine marks three decades of independence, it is ... -
Biden’s empty positions are a national security concern
President Joe Biden, joined by White House staff, chats by phone with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the White House Situation Room on February 3, ... -
BREAKING: In photos – Hurghada International Airport receives first flight from Russia after 6-year hiatus – Politics – Egypt
Hurghada International Airport received the first flight from Moscow on Monday morning after nearly six years of suspension of direct flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts ... -
Review of the report, Reiderstvo 2.0: The illegal raid pandemic in Russia
On August 5, Michael Calvey, one of Russia’s top foreign investors, was convicted of embezzlement in a case that became âEmblematic of the country’s reputation as ... -
US government hires tech giants for new cyber defense project
Ransomware, virus attack alert getty Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are part of a new U.S. government initiative to protect critical infrastructure and fight ransomware attacks. New ... -
Kaseya ransomware attack sparks race to hack service providers – researchers
A smartphone with the words “Ransomware attack” and a binary code is seen in front of the Kaseya logo in this illustration taken on July 6, ... -
Russia restricts movement of key Navalny ally for 18 months | Courts news
Lyubov Sobol issued a travel ban and curfew for his participation in pro-Navalny protests earlier this year. A Russian court has sentenced a key ally of ... -
Senior US diplomat Sherman to lead arms control talks with Russia next week
Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting on Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on February 13, 2014. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse ... -
Money wars in Belarus – Atlantic Council
Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka addresses the opening of the Slavianski Bazaar cultural festival in Vitebsk on July 16. (Maxim Guchek / BelTA / TASS via REUTERS) ... -
Biden to meet with private sector on cyber issues next month
WASHINGTON –President Joe Biden and members of his national security team plan to meet with business leaders on cybersecurity next month, an official said on Wednesday. ... -
Prominent Democrat calls Biden administrator for missing deadline to further sanction Russia for Navalny poisoning
“The administration has yet to impose Congress-mandated sanctions in response to the attempted murder of anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny, as required by the Chemical and Biological ... -
Russia heats up in Pakistan after three decades of cold relations
KARACHI – Russia is stepping up diplomatic efforts to rekindle ties with Pakistan through a $ 2.5 billion pipeline while offering to step up support for ... -
Readers Write: Trump supporters allow Putin’s misdeeds – Readers Write
It is high time to have a serious conversation. Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election, fairly and squarely, through serious and factual scrutiny. Period. All ... -
Russia’s National Security Strategy: Same Book, New Cover
“The weak are beaten” declared Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2004 after the Beslan tragedy. New Russia recently unveiled National security strategy bears the imprint of ... -
No jab-no work, as Covid-19 surges in Russia
Officials have ruled that 60% of workers in âcustomer-facingâ service sector jobs should be fully immunized by mid-August. While workers are free to refuse the jab, ... -
Russia says it does not immediately plan to recognize foreign coups
RUSSIA: The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow had no immediate plans to allow foreign coronavirus vaccines in Russia, despite the country’s slow vaccination rates and ... -
Vladimir Putin’s recent boast is unwarranted | News, Sports, Jobs
Americans old enough to remember the prediction “We are going to bury you” pronounced by Nikita Khrushchev, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union from 1958 to ... -
The fragile facade of Vladimir Putin’s Russia
High carbon steel is strong but brittle, super tough but susceptible to shattering under sudden impact. Mild or mild steel is ductile, prone to bending but ... -
Putin welcomes Belarus ruler for closer talks
MOSCOW (AP) – Belarus’ authoritarian leader visited Russia on Tuesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as rising tensions with the West increased his dependence on ... -
Jacob Zuma and the global battle against the rule of the strongman
The incarceration last week of Jacob Zuma, the former South African president, underscored a fundamental truth. The survival of democracy depends on an independent judiciary. International ... -
Putin will use militarized pipeline to blackmail Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo on July 8, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky / Presidential Press Office / TASS via REUTERS) German Chancellor ... -
Why Germany’s relations with Putin’s Russia are a problem for Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands in Moscow. January 11, 2020 (Pavel Golovkin via REUTERS) When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets ... -
Covid-19 deaths in Russia skyrocket
July 10, 2021 FOR THE last year, the Kremlin touted its success in the fight against covid-19. He avoided blockages and praised his local vaccine Sputnik ... -
Bennett and Putin agree to meet on first phone call
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in the near future, when the two leaders had their first phone call ... -
The “champagne war” leaves the Russian oligarchs facing a shortage of French bubbles
Russian oligarchs face a shortage of champagne, after French producers temporarily cut off supplies to the country due to a new law that will require them ... -
Russian sports ministry to review foreign player limit and salary cap – sport
MOSCOW, July 3. / TASS /. Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said a limit on foreign players and salary caps in various sports should be revised, ... -
Donald Trump Jr. Says Trump Organization Indictment ‘No Different’ From Putin’s Attempted Murder Of Alexei Navalny
Donald Trump Jr. Screenshot via Fox News Donald Trump Jr. drew an analogy on Fox News Thursday night involving Vladimir Putin. He said the Trump Organization’s ... -
After Biden meets with Putin, US reveals details of Russian hacking campaign
WASHINGTON – Two weeks after President Biden met with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and asked him to curb the constant cyber attacks directed against US ... -
Putin reveals he was vaccinated with Russia’s Sputnik V
MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin revealed on Wednesday that he received the nationally developed Sputnik V vaccine earlier this year, stressing the importance of getting ... -
UN Security Council faces growing threat of cyber attacks
Published on: 06/29/2021 – 05:08 United Nations (United States) (AFP) The UN Security Council will hold its first formal public meeting on cybersecurity on Tuesday, addressing ... -
Xi and Putin meet online, highlighting steadfast strategic partnership
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the groundbreaking ceremony on May 19 for a bilateral nuclear energy cooperation project, Tianwan nuclear power ... -
Arctic issues discussed at the Biden-Putin summit
By Julia LernerPresident Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed interest in cooperation and developing relations in the Arctic following their summit in Geneva last ... -
How Europe has to deal with Russian Vladimir Putin
What happened precisely when a British destroyer crossed Russian annexed Crimea on Wednesday remains controversial. There is no doubt, however, that Russian ships fired near the ... -
EU leaders fail to agree on summit with Vladimir Putin | News | DW
EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday amid divisions over whether to restore relations with Russia. France and Germany have called for Russian President Vladimir Putin ... -
Why Putin dares not abandon Belarusian dictator Lukashenka
Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Sochi with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 29. (Sputnik / Sergei Ilyin / Kremlin via REUTERS) The current crisis ... -
I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown, but now Australia is using the same tactics
The changes will require charities to ensure that their resources are not used to promote or support acts that may be treated as a minor offense, ... -
Biden Says ‘America Is Back’, But American Allies Aren’t So Sure | Voice of America
In his meetings with G-7 and North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies in Europe last week, President Joe Biden missed no opportunity to repeat his assertion that ... -
Russia continues to work on new vaccines and drugs against Covid: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated medical workers and veterans of the Russian healthcare system on the Day of Medical Workers, thanking them for their efforts in ... -
DC Memo: There is no happiness in life
Hello and welcome to the DC Memo. This week you can find me rejoicing that the District has officially met The White House’s goal of having ... -
President Joe Biden discusses Trevor Reed affair with Russian President Vladimir Putin
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) – During President Joe Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two discussed the release of two Americans including Trevor Reed who ... -
Joe Biden’s Cadillac vs. Vladimir Putin’s Aurus Senate: A Monster Limousine Showdown
It was quite a spectacle in Geneva on Wednesday when two of the world’s most powerful heads of state arrived for a summit. US President Joe ... -
Putin calls summit with Biden “constructive” | Voice of America
GENEVA – US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have completed their summit in Geneva, chosen as the venue for talks for its ... -
WATCH LIVE: President Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin
GENEVA (AP) – Fresh out of support summits with allies, Joe Biden said he was ready on Tuesday to face Russian Vladimir Putin in much more ...