Putin confirms Russian fire-hit submersible was nuclear-powered

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said a deepwater submersible that caught fire Monday was nuclear-powered during a conversation with the country's defense chief, which also confirmed that the incident was caused by a... Read more »

Oliver Stone Asks Vladimir Putin to Be His Daughter’s Godfather

“OK, we’ll make her that,” the bootlicking filmmaker said when the Russian leader asked if she’d be willing to convert to Orthodox Christianity. Read more »

Met police examine Vladimir Putin’s role in Salisbury attack

Russian president is assessed as ‘likely’ to have approved of nerve agent attack on Skripals Read more »

Putin says deadly military accident occurred during weapons systems test

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that a deadly blast at a military site in northern Russia earlier this month had taken place during the testing of what he called promising... Read more »

Vladimir Putin shows up late for meeting with Pope Francis

Authoritarian Russian President Vladimir Putin and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio have something in common: both men have met Pope Francis and both seem to have trouble showing up for important... Read more »

After 20 years on global stage, Vladimir Putin’s prospects dim

Twenty years ago Friday, Russian President Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, a relatively unknown s Read more »

Vladimir Putin Woos Turkey’s Erdogan With Ice Cream As Strongmen Discuss Russian Stealth Jet Purchase to Replace U.S. F-35

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been enthusiastically showing off their close relationship amid worsening relations between Ankara and Washington ... Read more »

Trump can’t help himself when it comes to Putin

Every time the president has a chance to cast aside doubts about his relationship with the Russian leader, he does the opposite. Read more »

Vladimir Putin under fire for comments suggesting that liberalism is ‘obsolete’ and LGBT rights are ‘excessive’

European Union president hit out at Vladimir Putin over comments he made suggesting that liberalism is 'obsolete'. Read more »

What Kind of State Is Vladimir Putin Building?

Since then, an absolute majority of Russian sovereigns (except for the Soviet period) considered themselves defenders of the Byzantine heritage and the Orthodox peoples. Peter the Great of the Romanov ... Read more »