Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and information in an address to a media summit on Saturday, in comments seen as absurd by critics of his policy of ...

Troubling words were spoken during a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the recently elected heads of Russia's federal units.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered during his farewell speech in Brussels on Thursday. Stoltenberg spoke about the 'bad news,' stating that allies' 2 percent GDP spending on defence was 'no ...

Two and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States’ strategy for ending the war remains the same: impose enough costs on Russia that its president, Vladimir Putin, will decide that ...

In August 2022, Putin ordered an increase of 137,000 troops by the start of the new year, which put the military’s staffing at just over 2 million personnel, including 1.15 million troops.

Vladimir Putin appointed a relative to a top defense position, reports say. The relative, Anna Tsivileva, is Russia's new state secretary of defense. UK intelligence said the appointment stretched ...

Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian army to increase its troop size by 180,000. The increase would make Russia's army the second largest in the world, behind only China's. Experts told BI the ...

Vladimir Putin has said the “little ones” in his family speak fluent Chinese in a rare remark about his personal life. “Some of my family members, the little ones, speak Chinese too – they ...

In December 2023, Putin ordered another official expansion of 170,000 active troops, bringing the total to 1.32 million. The latest expansion comes as the battle with Ukraine intensifies.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western ...

The Kremlin has dismissed concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming trip to Mongolia, which will expose him to arrest under a criminal court warrant. "There are no worries ...

By Valerie Hopkins President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was warmly received by the leader of Mongolia on Tuesday in his first state visit to a member nation of the International Criminal Court ...