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President Vladimir Putin on Friday evoked one of the most dangerous confrontations of the Cold War to highlight Russian opposition to a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe, comparing it to the Cuban missile crisis of 45 years ago. Complete Story...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned strongly Thursday against imposing new international sanctions on Iran, in words that appeared to be a response to newly announced U.S. measures to punish Tehran.
President Bush on Monday prodded Russian President Vladimir Putin to press Iran, through the United Nations, to suspend its nuclear enrichment work in a way that can be verified by the international community.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday disputed reports that Russian leader Vladimir Putin made proposals to resolve the standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program during his visit this week.
Vladimir Putin's annual TV call-in show revealed just how far Russian politics have become a one-man show.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to support new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities and urged Russia not to sell arms to Iran or Syria.
By his own admission, President Bush has seen his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin grow chilly.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to assuage both Iran and the West during his trip to Tehran, a delicate balancing act reflecting his reach for global clout and desire to preserve warm ties with a Middle Eastern ally without angering Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unspecified proposal about Iran's nuclear program at a private meeting with the country's supreme leader during a brief trip to Tehran, Iran's state news agency said Wednesday.
Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, back in Moscow, said Tuesday his experience resisting the KGB in the 1960s and 1970s could help galvanize the liberal opposition to President Vladimir Putin.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said countries bordering the Caspian Sea must jointly back any oil pipeline projects in the region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Monday to negotiate with Iran on behalf of the international community in their nuclear standoff, although he didn't come to Tehran as scheduled amid warnings of a possible assassination plot.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin spokeswoman said Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran this week will include participation in a summit of Caspian Sea leaders. Iran, Russia and three former Soviet republics along its shores have been locked in tough talks on dividing the resources of the vast inland sea.
When President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran this week, he will be closely watched for any sign he has moved closer to launching the nuclear reactor Russia is building for Iran.
The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned President Bush's top two Cabinet officials on Friday to back off U.S. missile defense plans for eastern Europe as high-level talks yielded little more than a pledge to meet again.
In a tense start to talks on a range of thorny issues, President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned U.S. officials to back off a plan to install missile defenses in eastern Europe or risk harming relations with Moscow.
A behind-the-scenes battle between Kremlin clans has broken into the open with the arrests of senior officers and public accusations — a sign of a struggle for power in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle before his departure next year.
Despite chummy embraces and warm words, the leaders of Russia and France could not agree Wednesday on one of the diplomatic world's most pressing questions — whether or not Iran wants nuclear arms.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after talks Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries had bridged some of their differences over how the world should respond to Iran's nuclear activities.
Investigators know who pulled the trigger but still have not determined who ordered the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the chief investigator said in an interview published Monday.
President Vladimir Putin, in a surprise announcement, opened the door Monday to becoming Russia's prime minister and retaining power when his presidential term ends next year.
President Vladimir Putin chose a little-known government official to become Russia's new prime minister Wednesday, a surprise move that set off fevered speculation over whether loyal technocrat Viktor Zubkov was being groomed to replace Putin next spring.
When he flexes Russia's diplomatic and military muscle, Vladimir Putin always makes headlines.
Friends and family dismissed claims that Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian ex-spy poisoned in a London hotel, was an MI6 agent paid £2,000 a month when he was murdered.
Slow down, everybody. The Bush administration should stop issuing warnings and ultimatums that could force military action. Iran should get the message that the West -- including Russia -- is serious about stopping Iran from producing nuclear weapons.
Russian strategic bombers began on October 16 a series of long-range training flights over the Arctic region, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the Black Sea with simulated bomber raids and missile launches missiles at testing grounds in northern and southern Russia.
The head of Russian strategic missile forces warned on Friday that Moscow could restart at short notice production of short and medium-range missiles, amid fears of a renewed arms race.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says US plans for a missile shield could precipitate a situation similar to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.
It comes at a time when the relationship between the Kremlin and the West is at its lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
President Bush said today the United States and its allies have an "urgent" need to build a missile defense system in Europe to protect against ballistic missile launches from such states as Iran, and he called on Congress to stop efforts to cut funding for key components of the …
These threats are not being made under conditions in which Washington has succeeded, either in Iraq or in Afghanistan, in suppressing popular resistance and installing viable puppet regimes.
George W. Bush put his foot in his mouth again when he warned of the possibility of World War III breaking out. The irresponsible remarks of the president of a country armed with nuclear weapons shocked the world.
President Vladimir Putin took a hard line against the West in his televised question-and-answer session Thursday, criticizing the U.S.-led war in Iraq and pledging "retaliatory steps" if Washington placed elements of a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
VLADIMIR PUTIN is an erudite man. During a meeting with Germany's Angela Merkel in Wiesbaden on October 15th, he noted that this was the spa town where Dostoyevsky played and lost at roulette.
The press conference held by President George W. Bush Wednesday was, like all of his press appearances, full of non-sequiturs, evasions and political bullying.
While the world reacted with alarm to the friendly visit that Vladimir Putin paid to Iran, PJM analyst Meir Javedanfar argues that Ahmadinejad might have gotten good publicity out of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit - but not much else.
President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to build a new generation of nuclear weapons after accusing the United States of harbouring an "erotic" desire to invade Russia and steal its natural resources.
Iran Thursday shrugged off a warning by US President George W.
Russian prosecutors have charged nine people with the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.
This is what should be on the mind of anyone concerned about world politics: In a historic first visit to Iran, Russian President Putin affirmed support for Tehran's nuclear program and rebuffed any militarization in the Caspian region.
In forging ahead with his state visit to Iran right now, Russia's Vladimir Putin has alienated virtually the entire world. He could provoke a renewed Cold War-style conflict which Russia —either in terms of allies or the economy— is ill-equipped for.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sign a deal to sell 50 new jet engines to Iran for the Islamic Republic's air force during his visit to Tehran, a Russian newspaper said on Tuesday. Russian business daily Kommersant, citing unnamed sources, said an initial $150 m …
The ex-KGB men who run Russia have fallen out and have launched a fierce power struggle under the surface of the country's otherwise predictable political life, analysts say.
Perhaps the most dangerous police team since Baker and Poncherello is the Putin- Ahmadinejad watchdog alliance.
"Of course I'll go to Iran," Putin told a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt. If he heeded every threat he was informed of, "I'd never leave home," he said.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, Kremlin officials have said.
"Only the Russians could get rid of the communists, and then invite the secret police back to run the place instead."
President Vladimir Putin has dealt a fresh blow to the West's security guarantees when he raised the possibility that Russia could build medium-range nuclear weapons capable of hitting Europe.
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