Tag: President Vladimir Putin

Russia's Putin begins visit to Turkmenistan, says Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has started his visit to the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan and arrived at the venue of...

'God save the Tsar!': Putin receives first wishes for 72nd birthday

(Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday...

Russia retrains ex-soldiers heading back to the battlefield

ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years after he last served in Russia's army, "Mara" is back in uniform.The bearded ex-driver and...

Ukrainian soldiers recount delicate 'coexistence' in Russia's Kursk

The "several thousand" Russian civilians still living in territory occupied by Ukrainian troops are mostly elderly and largely cut off from the outside...

Putin lowers threshold of nuclear response as he issues new warnings to the West over Ukraine

MOSCOW (AP) — In a strong, new warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia...

Top Russian lawmaker warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian lawmaker on Thursday said that Ukrainian strikes on Russia with Western missiles would lead to global war...