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About 2 Dozen Anti-Corruption Protesters Arrested In Moscow
Russian police arrested about two dozen protesters Sunday in Moscow, a week after more than 1,000 others were detained...
Kremlin Condemns ‘provocation’
The Kremlin has responded to mass protests on Sunday by accusing the opposition of encouraging lawbreaking and...
Opposition Leader Arrested As Russians Defy Protest Bans
Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country Sunday to protest at corruption, defying bans on rallies which...
Le Pen Meets Putin Ahead of French Presidential Election
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen met Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow on...
Putin Says Russian, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Should Restore Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday it was in the interests of both Russia and the United States to...
Putin Will Have To Wait For Apology Over ‘killer’ Remark
Russian President Vladimir Putin could be waiting a long time for an apology from Bill O'Reilly. The Fox News host...
Medvedev Re-Elected Chair of Russia’s Governing Party
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday was re-elected as the chairman of the country's ruling United Russia...
Russia Moves To Expel US Diplomats In Response To Sanctions
Russia has called for the expulsion of 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by the US The Russian foreign...
Can Japan Summit Change Asia-Pacific Power Dynamic?
They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the...
Vladimir Putin Reaches Out To Donald Trump
President Vladimir Putin says Russia wants to normalise ties with the United States and join efforts in the fight...
Nigeria Corruption Cash ‘took 10 Days To Count’
Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been charged with taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover....
Russia’s Putin Fires Economy Minister Over Bribery Charges
Putin was informed about the case when the investigation was first launched against Ulyukayev. Russian President...
Putin and Trump Ready To Improve Russia-U.S. Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U. S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a telephone conversation, with...
Trump and Putin ‘will Try To Mend Ties’
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to "normalise US-Russia ties", the...
Is President Mahama Africa’s Version of Russian President Putin?
On one hand, Putin became acting president after his predecessor resigned. But had opportunity to be voted for on two...
Cyber Attacks Are Unacceptable
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that cyber attacks or other types of interference in other countries'...
Why Putin Fears A Clinton Presidency
Though Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem to agree on a number of issues, there is one they apparently don't see eye...
US, Russia In Outright Conflict
It's not a new Cold War. It's not even a deep chill. It's an outright conflict. US-Russia relations have deteriorated...
Putin’s Ultimatum To the Next U.S. President
The next U. S. administration will inherit the worst relationship with Russia since Ronald Reagan called the Soviet...