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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has been president since 2012, previously holding the position between 2000 and 2008.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday. Photo: Xinhua via AP
SCO

Xi, Putin vow to deepen strategic ties after meeting at SCO summit

Xi said relevant departments from both sides are implementing initiatives he and Putin discussed during Putin’s state visit to China in May.

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China-Russia relations

Is the Irtysh River the choke-free Arctic shipping gateway that China needs?

China-Russia relations

Xi, Putin to meet in Bishkek for Power of Siberia 2 talks: Kremlin

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Ukraine war

Zelensky urges China to use diplomatic weight to end Russia’s war with Ukraine

Kyiv releases Chinese president’s Independence Day greeting as top envoy urges broader Black Sea security cooperation.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged China to help end the Ukraine war, drawing attention to a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
North Korea

North Korea’s Japan-bashing hits fever pitch as Russia ties grow

Pyongyang slams Tokyo’s record defence budget and war shrine visits, framing regional tension as a Cold War-style clash.

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Russia

‘Fascinating and shocking’ book about Putin’s private life wins prize

Exiled Russian journalists awarded Prix Strasbourg for taboo-breaking work based on hundreds of interviews with witnesses who later vanished.

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United States

Russia says CIA chief Ratcliffe did not meet Putin during Moscow visit

Unannounced trip marks the first known visit to the Russian capital by a US spy chief since 2021.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Zelensky says Ukraine wants peace but won’t ‘simply surrender’

The country marks 35 years of independence from the Soviet Union as Zelensky vows to find a solution to Putin’s ‘ballistic terror’.

Ukraine

Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops for war, Ukraine’s Zelensky says

Russia could draft more troops in 2027 to reach its goal of 500,000 and aims to produce up to 1,300 ballistic missiles per year, he adds.

Ukraine war

Ukrainian drones kill at least 10, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon

Ukraine has opened a ‘Pandora’s box’ of Russian retaliation, Putin said. Kyiv said it is seeking to choke financing for Russia’s war effort.

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Smoke rises from an Ozon warehouse following a Ukrainian drone attack in Chapayevsk, Samara region, Russia on Saturday, in a screen grab taken from a social media video. Photo: Social Media via Reuters
Russia

Russia tests missiles near Japanese-claimed islands after Putin’s visit

The Pacific Fleet fired Bastion missiles near the disputed Kurils, escalating territorial tensions between Moscow and Tokyo.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin tries caviar during his visit to a fish processing complex on the Southern Kuril Island of Iturup on August 13. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters
Japan

Will Putin’s Kuril Islands visit push Japan closer to Ukraine?

With its need for Russian gas limiting fresh sanctions, analysts say Tokyo has few economic weapons left to respond.

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Min Aung Hlaing

Russia’s Putin hosts Myanmar leader, talks up energy projects

The president says the two countries are cooperating across a range of sectors, including energy, defence and even space exploration.

Myanmar

Myanmar’s president heads to Moscow seeking Russian arms and oil

Fresh off a five-year military deal, Min Aung Hlaing is meeting Vladimir Putin for talks on further economic and security cooperation.

Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing waves as he boards a plane bound for Russia on Monday. Photo: Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau / AFP
Russia

Russia summons Japan envoy over disputed Kuril Islands row after Putin visit

Japanese officials had ‘crossed the line of decency’ in criticising Putin’s recent trip, said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Yasny fish processing complex on the Kuril Island of Iturup on Thursday. Photo: Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov / Pool via Reuters
Ukraine war

Kremlin critic jailed in Russia for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

Lev Shlosberg is a senior member of the Yabloko party which Russia has barred from the ballot in next month’s parliamentary election.

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Saudi Arabia

Russia’s role in Middle East politics endures, shifts to being ‘secondary power’

Two Russian military bases will remain in Syria as the region continues to recalibrate its relations with major powers amid the Iran war.

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Japan

What does the first visit to the Kuril Islands by Vladimir Putin mean for China?

Diplomatic offensive seen to signal growing alignment between Beijing and Moscow to isolate Tokyo ahead of key November summit.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin interacts on August 13 with local residents on Iturup island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands. Photo: AFP
Japan

Video | Russia’s Putin visits disputed islands sparking protest from Japan

The Russian president inspected the Pacific fleet on his first trip to the disputed archipelago, drawing a protest from Tokyo.

Ukraine

Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen

Poland ‌says its role ‌as a hub for military and other supplies to neighbouring Ukraine has made it a target for Russian espionage.

Russia

Russia’s Putin makes first visit to Kuril Islands claimed by Japan

The Russian president inspected the Pacific fleet on his first trip to the disputed archipelago, prompting Tokyo to consider fresh sanctions and drawing US backing.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin oversees the final stage of the Pacific Fleet’s naval drills from on board a Russian Navy ship off the far eastern Sakhalin Island on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Russia warns of global food market ‘chaos’ after Ukraine hits grain terminals

Grain shipments from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk are currently impossible because of serious damage to terminal infrastructure.

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A satellite image shows heavily damaged ships at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia, following Ukrainian strikes. Photo: Vantor/AFP
Russia

Putin warns of retaliation over Western ‘piracy’ seizures of Russian ships

Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after it invaded Ukraine in 2022.

United States

Russia frees ailing ex-US marine after Putin’s ‘goodwill’ pardon

Robert Gilman was released on humanitarian grounds with no prisoner exchange after intervention by the White House.

South Korea

South Korea faces quandary over Ukraine’s air defence system request

If South Korea were to agree to Zelensky’s request, it could further strain ties with Russia and impair its own defence, analysts say.

The KM-SAM Cheongung missile system on display during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition in Seongnam last year. Photo: AFP
Russia

Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election

The move by the Supreme Court sidelines the liberal Yabloko party, the only officially registered party that opposes the ‌war in Ukraine.

Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov (centre) holds up an apple, the symbol of his party after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from parliamentary elections, at the Supreme Court in Moscow, Russia on Monday. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

Russian attacks kill 4 in Ukraine, including 3-year-old boy

The child and his grandparents were among the dead after the latest attacks. Kyiv says around 9,000 drones and missiles were fired in July.

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Russia

Russia’s sole anti-war party targets coming elections, favours ceasefire

Several of its leaders have been convicted for being critical of the conflict and supporting key opposition figures.

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