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A new ferry between isolated North Korea and Russia docked for the first time at the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday, inspite of US calls for countries to curtail relations with Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes. The launch of the

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, May 10, took part in a gala ice hockey match Sochis Bolshoy Ice Dome.

Russian president lights up scoreboard in gala hockey match after making first public comments on surprise firing of FBI director James Comey

Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in on James Comey's dismissal before taking the ice for a hockey game in Sochi, Russia. His top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, met with President Trump in the Oval Office. Elizabeth Palmer has more.

Putin also says Russia will ask U.N. to investigate chemical attack that provoked U.S. missile strike

As the crisis in the Middle East deepened a command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias loyal to Assad claimed the US raid crossed red lines

The Kremlin on Friday called the US missile strike on the Syrian airfield from which a chemical weapons strike was launched an “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law.” “Washington’s move deals a sig

Vladimir Putin has said it was unacceptable to make groundless accusations over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. The Russian President discussed the issue withBenjamin Netanyahu in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin said. Mr Putin highligh

Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown. Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many Putin-gay-clown memes is now illegal to share. Because, you know, i

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Vladimir Putin has visited a chain of Arctic islands as part of Russia’s efforts to reaffirm its hold on the oil-rich region.

Public officials should be careful about accusing Russia of committing an act of war against the United States, according to the nation's top Army general. Just this morning on the news, I forget who it was, but there was someone who said that the Rus

A cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey goes into effect in war-ravaged Syria.

President-elect Donald Trump has responded to news that the United States will be imposing sanctions on Russia.

Russia may not waste any time in retaliating to U.S. sanctions, potentially resulting in a quid pro quo game of diplomatic punishment.

'Illegal from international law point of view'

Russian authorities announced on Friday the closing of an international school in Moscow. The swift move was a change of course from a comment a spokesman for the Russian government made Thursday that there was no need to rush retaliation following sancti

Sen. Bob Casey said Trump must hold Syria and Russia

Over the past 24 hours, the Syrian army has liberated almost half of eastern Aleppo where 80,000 civilians reside