Vladimir Putin

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Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts the G7 leaders summit, is seen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on 26 June 2022

G7 to ban Russian gold imports, choking key market for Putin

The attempt to clamp down on Russian gold is likely to be the most meaningful economic measure against Moscow announced at the G7’s three-day meeting

ndonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo

Indonesian president to meet Zelensky and Putin to urge peace talks

Indonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo set off on Sunday to Europe where he said he plans to visit Russia and Ukraine and meet with the countries' leaders to urge peace talks

A picture taken on 21 June, 2022 from the town of Lysychansk, shows a large plume of smoke rising on the horizon, behind the town of Severodonetsk

Russia-Ukraine war Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to Lysychansk

Russia's army has "fully occupied" the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fighting, its mayor said, as Russian president Vladimir Putin pledged to send nuclear-capable missiles to ...

A man stands by a barricade made with destroyed police cars in Lysychansk on 21 June, 2022

Ukraine reports 'massive' attack from Belarus

Ukraine said it came under "massive bombardment" Saturday from neighbouring Belarus, a Russian ally not officially involved in the conflict, the day after announcing a retreat from the strategic city ...

This combination of pictures created on 24 June 2022 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) arriving on 19 October 2016 at the chancellery in Berlin, and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) attending a national ceremony in Paris on 29 September 2021

Documentary containing Macron, Putin phone call to be aired Thursday

Macron has been praised by admirers by keeping open a channel to Putin, with whom he sought to cultivate a relationship to the point of inviting the Kremlin chief to his summer residence in 2019

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky appears on a screen as he speaks in a video conference during a special plenary session of the European Parliament focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on 1 March, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Zelensky hails EU backing as fierce battles rock Donbas

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Brussels' support for Kyiv's European Union bid as a historic achievement, as "fierce battles" raged again in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with RusNano State Corporation CEO Sergey Kulikov in Moscow on 15 June, 2022

Putin’s health: pivotal yet shrouded in uncertainty

Baths in blood extracted from the antlers of Siberian deer. Excrements scooped up by loyal officials to evade analysis. Mysterious absences for emergency medical treatment

This photograph taken on 24 February, 2004, shows Russian president Vladimir Putin (L) talking to former Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Moscow's Kremlin

Russia-Ukraine war Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years

Speaking to AFP in a video interview, Kasyanov, Russia's prime minister from 2000 to 2004, said he expected the war could last up to two years but he was convinced Russia could return to a democratic ...

This photograph taken on 10 June, 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in March 2022, in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war First Russian passports handed out to Ukrainians in occupied south: agencies

Authorities in the Moscow-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine handed out Russian passports to local residents for the first time on Saturday, news agencies reported

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky (on screen) addresses participants at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit virtually via a video link in Singapore on 11 June, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war EU chief visits Ukraine as Zelensky says world must not look away

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukraine on Saturday to discuss the country's hopes of joining the bloc, as president Volodymyr Zelensky warned the world not to look away from the conflict ...

This photograph taken on 10 June 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in March 2022, in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine hits Russian targets, France offers Odessa help

Russia’s invasion has put European countries on edge, and nine of them urged NATO on Friday to beef up its eastern flank

A man holds a sign reading "murders leave Ukraine" during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Mariehamn, Aland, Finland on 1 June 2022

Ukraine war sparks debate over Finland’s ‘Achilles heel’

Finland gained independence from Russia in 1917, and was granted sovereignty over Aland in 1921 despite protests from the islands’ Swedish-speaking majority

Smoke and dirt rise from shelling in the city of Severodonetsk during fight between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on 7 June, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War 'Fierce battle' in key east Ukraine city largely under Moscow control: Zelensky

Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk amid fierce fighting, Kyiv said Wednesday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres starkly warned the war's impact on ...

Smoke and dirt rise from shelling in the city of Severodonetsk during fight between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on 7 June, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Ukrainian troops may have to retreat from flashpoint city: Governor

Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk which is being shelled by Russian troops '24 hours a day', an official said Wednesday, following days of raging street ...

This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on 5 June, 2022, shows Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on the current situation in the region during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region

Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine president says 'outnumbered' in strategic city Severodonetsk

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Monday that his troops were outnumbered by a "stronger" Russian side, as the two countries' forces battled for control of the eastern city of ...

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