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October 17, 2025 3:09 PM

Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit

U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday but the surprise announcement of a new U.S.-Russian summit cast doubt over the prospect. Trump said on Thursday...

October 15, 2025 4:34 PM

Putin and Syria’s Sharaa to discuss fate of Russian military bases on Wednesday, Kremlin says

President Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Moscow with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa later on Wednesday, the Syrian president's first visit to Russia since coming to power, and the fate of Russia's military bases in Syria will be on the agenda, the Kremli...

October 9, 2025 9:08 PM

Putin urges Central Asian states to step up trade with Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged the leaders of five Central Asian states to boost their trade with Russia, as Moscow seeks to build back its influence in a region that is also being courted by China. Russia's total trade turnover last yea...

October 8, 2025 11:22 AM

Putin says Russia has captured nearly 5,000 square km in Ukraine this year

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield. Russia's...

October 6, 2025 4:04 PM

Russia welcomes Trump’s remark on Putin’s offer to preserve nuclear arms limits

The Kremlin on Monday welcomed remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said that President Vladimir Putin's proposal to voluntarily preserve nuclear arms limits set out in the New START treaty for another year sounded like a good idea. Putin in S...

September 23, 2025 4:21 PM

Russia says it would be risky to allow nuclear treaty with US to lapse

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that allowing the New START nuclear treaty with the United States to expire next February would be fraught with risks for international security. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia ...

September 18, 2025 3:43 PM

PM Modi, Putin review bilateral agenda ahead of India-Russia Annual Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday reviewed key issues on the bilateral agenda ahead of the upcoming India-Russia Annual Summit, with PM Modi reiterating India’s support for a peaceful resolution of the U...

September 17, 2025 4:43 PM

Germany’s Merz accuses Putin of murder and trying to destabilise West

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of murder and trying to destabilise the West by testing its limits and sabotage, speaking at a parliamentary debate where he clashed with the far-right opposition. Merz sa...

September 4, 2025 11:20 AM

Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails", an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way. ...

September 2, 2025 4:06 PM

Putin says Russia has never opposed Ukraine joining the EU

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow had never opposed Ukraine's potential membership of the European Union, and that he thought it was possible to find a consensus on ensuring the security of both Russia and Ukraine. Speakin...