Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible. In his first comments on the Christmas Day crash, Putin said the “tragic incident” had occurred when Russian…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual televised phone-in with the country’s citizens dubbed “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” at the Moscow’s World Trade Center studio in Moscow on June 30, 2021. Sergei Savostyanov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that inflation is a problem facing Russia, and that…
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier and been better prepared for the war. In his end-of-year press conference on Thursday, Putin said, with hindsight, there should have been “systemic preparation” for the 2022 invasion, which he refers to as a “special military operation”. Russia…
The Kremlin has denied media reports that US President-elect Donald Trump held a call with Vladimir Putin, in which he is said to have warned the Russian president against escalating the war in Ukraine. The call, which was first reported by the Washington Post on Sunday, is said to have happened on Thursday. Trump is…
Putin praises Trump and congratulates election win Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a “courageous man”. Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said that Trump was “hounded from all sides” during his first term in the White House. Putin also said that…
Nov 02, 2024 02:08 PM IST Musk, who voiced his direct support for Kyiv, donated several hundred Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a clarification against media reports accusing him of supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine claiming that if it wasn’t for Starlink, Kyiv would have…
Former US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his admiration for Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, revealing that he once suggested the North Korean dictator to “go to the beach, relax”. Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin discuss new nuclear accord possibly including China(AP) In an interview with comedian and UFC commentator Joe…
