Jan 15 Russian prime minister resigns amid Putin’s power play By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Vladimir Putin's proposed constitutional amendments could herald his intention to carve out a position that would let him stay at Russia's helm after his presidency ends. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 6:21 News Wrap: Putin travels to Syria to meet with Assad, military officials In our news wrap Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Syria to meet with its president, Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus. Syrian state media released images of the two leaders, who also met with military commanders. Also, the Justice Department… Continue watching
Jan 07 Russia’s Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally By Albert Aji, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press While the official statements made during the previously unannounced visit made no mention of the killing last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the timing was conspicuous. Continue reading
Dec 25 Ukraine opens probe over Russia’s railway bridge to Crimea By Associated Press Ukrainian officials opened a criminal probe Wednesday after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built bridge, arguing that the train illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border. Continue reading
Dec 24 Putin says Russia is leading the world in hypersonic weapons By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The Pentagon and the U.S. military services have been working on the development of hypersonic weapons in recent years. Continue reading
Dec 09 Putin and Zelensky agree to revive peace talks at 1st meeting By Vladimir Isachenkov, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists. Continue reading
Dec 08 Protesters: Ukraine’s leader must defend nation at summit By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to demand that the president defend the country’s interests in this week’s summit with Russia, Germany and France on ending the war in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 02 Putin signs bill targeting journalists and bloggers By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law Monday that gives the government the right to register bloggers, journalists and social media users as foreign agents. Continue reading
Oct 23 Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord By Suzan Fraser, Lefteris Pitarakis, Associated Press The Kremlin told Kurdish fighters to pull back from the entire frontier or else face being "steamrolled" by Turkish forces. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 11:39 Turning to Putin, Erdogan ignores U.S. agreement for northeastern Syria As a cease-fire in northern Syria expired Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders announced a joint plan to evict Kurdish YPG fighters from northeast Syria -- displeasing Syrian President Bashar… Continue watching