North Korea Putin and Abe in call to defuse tensions over North Korea Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe have called on North Korea and other countries to avoid antagonising tensions around Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. 27 April 2017
World News No reset in sight between Washington and Moscow Donald Trump's White House reign, it was said, would herald a new era of relations with Russia. But well into the year and if anything things are worse than under Obama. What has gone wrong? 12 April 2017
Russia Tough talks and tension for Tillerson in Moscow Tough talks today (April 12) for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. 12 April 2017
Russia Putin: the US is planning more strikes in Syria Vladimir Putin says Russia has information that the US is planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria. The Russian president also says there are plans to fake chemical weapons attacks in Syria. 11 April 2017
Syria US strikes Syria: Trump does what he warned Obama against doing US President Donald Trump has placed himself in the very position he advocated against four years ago to President Barack Obama. 7 April 2017
Russia Russia denounces US "aggression" in Syria The Kremlin has slammed the US missile strike as an “aggression against a sovereign nation”. 7 April 2017
Russia European Parliament calls on Russia to free Kremlin critic Navalny The European Parliament has demanded Russia free Alexei Navalny. 6 April 2017
Russia Putin pays respects to victims of St Petersburg metro blast Eleven people die in blast on St. 4 April 2017
Russia St Petersburg bomb unlikely to damage Putin's image Russians may feel vulnerable to terrorism again and blame the FSB for failing to stop the St. Petersburg bomber, but one analyst says it is unlikely many will blame Vladimir Putin. 3 April 2017
No Comment Uniting Putin and Trump Hundreds of early visitors at a popular Sofia shopping centre couldn’t believe their eyes on Saturday when they saw US President Donald Trump apparently standing next to his Russian counterpart, Vladi 2 April 2017
Russia Putin accused in US Senate After a string of resignations from Donald Trump’s team over their ties with Russia, both the US House and Senate continue to investigate alleged Russian hacking apparently aimed at getting Trump… 31 March 2017
World News Putin cosies up to Trump in a bid to thaw ties Vladimir Putin has said he would like to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at an Arctic nations summit in Finland in May. 30 March 2017
World News President Putin visits Arctic as Russia reasserts claims On the same day as an international summit began on the Arctic, president Vladimir Putin has visited the desolate Franz Josef Land archipelago, reaffirming Moscow’s claim to the… 29 March 2017
Russia Russia and Iran agree to reduce their oil output The Russian and Iranian leaders have agreed to cooperate in a bid to stabilise the global energy market. 28 March 2017
Russia Russian protest symbols explained Russian protesters took rubber ducks and sports shoes to demonstrations on Sunday 27 March 2017
Russia Russian police detain anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny Russian police have detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a rally in central Moscow, a Reuters witness reports. 26 March 2017
Russia 'We’re not trying to influence events', Putin tells Le Pen The Russian president granted an audience to French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow 24 March 2017
Russia Russia and Turkey hail Syria cooperation and strengthen ties Putting past problems behind them on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his visiting Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have hailed their military cooperation in… 10 March 2017
Russia Netanyahu to Putin: Israel fears Iranian foothold in Syria President Putin has hosted the Israeli prime minister in Moscow to discuss Syria. 9 March 2017