Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.

Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday he had secured Slovakia's gas supply during a visit to meet Russian President ...

Trump sympathises with Putin’s Nato stance as Kyiv drones hit key Russian city - Ukrainian presidential advisor Alexander ...

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin's latest apology "isn't enough" and that Moscow ...

The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the ...

Putin called 2025 the "year of the Defender of the Motherland" in his New Year's Eve address on Tuesday.

U.S. justice officials released a series of text messages between Goltsev and his wife Kristina Puzyreva, who stated Putin ...

Baker, a veteran journalist, offers a deeply sourced investigation into the political economy of the sanctions imposed on Russia following its attack on Ukraine.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian President Vladimir Putin appears before the media after the ...

Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox ...