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Changes made to the constitution are aimed at giving more power to parliament and less to the President, as Putin sets the scene for Russia’s democratic future once he leaves his post (as it is widely believed he will) in 2024. For what in essence was clearly an attempt by Putin to further

Donald Trump berated his White House staff for not telling him that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to set up a phone call with him in he early days of his presidency, a new book claims. The book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos , de

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law that gives the government the right to register bloggers, journalists, and social media users as foreign agents.

The United States on Wednesday dismissed comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow would match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia as propaganda designed to divert attention from alleged Russian violations of the I

Moscow will match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia ...

Putin's comments appeared to signal that another arms race is imminent.

Vladimir Putin threatened the United States, essentially with nuclear war, if the U.S. military deploys missiles to Europe, NBC News is reporting. Giving his annual address to the Russian parliament, Putin spoke to his country's lawmakers about the ne

Russia's president says the US and UK political classes do not want to accept voters' choices. They don't want to recognise [Mr Trump's] victory. That's disrespect of voters," he said. "The same in Britain: Brexit happened, but no-one wants to implement it."

Speaking at his annual media press conference, Putin was asked by one journalist to assess the threat of nuclear war or a third world war.

Putin is a huge Solzhenitsyn fan, and made this very clear while the writer was alive by publicly meeting him and praising him, (pictures below), and attending his funeral. Significantly in his speech, Putin criticized the "totalitarian system which b

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday the Kremlin should play a leading role in Russian rap music and in youth culture, rather than trying to shut it down.'

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Thursday that he believes Western pressure on Russia shows that other countries regard Russia as a threat and that it will end if they see that the measures don't serve their interests.

Demonstrators are holding protests throughout Russia against the upcoming inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a fourth term as Russian president.

Putin says Jews could be behind U.S. election meddling

Vladimir Putin has backed the idea of expanding a program that offers citizens a free hectare of land in Russias Far East to all of the countrys regions. The Russian president made the comment during one of his annual Q&A sessions on Thursday.