Vietnamese State President To Lam chairs welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin
Vietnam News 14:44 20/06/2024A convoy of cars carrying President Putin and his entourage arrived at the Presidential Palace at 12:13 pm
White House says Trump and Putin will not have separate meeting at APEC
World 15:16 10/11/2017Trump and Putin will both attend the APEC summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang
US and Russia engaged in a dangerous chess match
World 22:40 03/08/2017In spite of congressional unity in standing up to Trump, the U.S. government is deeply fragmented on how to manage Russian policy
Russia plans army training exercises with China, India
World 21:00 13/05/2015The announcement, issued as Putin met top Russian military brass in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, will stir unease in Western capitals, whose relations with Moscow have deteriorated sharply during the year-long Ukraine crisis.
Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault
World 11:00 19/02/2015The fall of the besieged town of Debaltseve was one of the worst defeats of the war for Ukraine's troops, who proved unable to stop an advance by Moscow-backed rebels fighting for territory the Kremlin calls "New Russia".
Putin spokesman tells press to 'shut trap' on cancer rumours
World 22:00 29/10/2014Dmitry Peskov blasted those behind speculation that the 62-year-old Putin -- who has long cultivated an action-man image -- was in ill health
Poroshenko says most Russian troops have left Ukraine
World 18:30 10/09/2014Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday that Russia had withdrawn most of the troops it allegedly sent across the border to back a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising
Obama says Russia must stop meddling in Ukraine for ceasefire to work
World 19:00 03/09/2014Obama was speaking in Estonia, one of three ex-Soviet Baltic states bordering Russia that fear separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine could herald problems for them
Talks optimism fades as Ukraine says Russia makes new incursion
World 20:00 27/08/2014The accusation quickly dented any sense of cautious optimism from Tuesday's late-night talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko on resolving the five-month conflict
Ukraine says will not let 'Putin's' convoy onto its territory
World 21:30 13/08/2014Russian television images showed a line of nearly 300 lorries moving through the countryside, covered with white tarpaulin and stretching over almost three kilometres (two miles)
Russia says troops pulling back from Ukraine border
World 22:30 21/05/2014The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had told his defence chief to order troops to pull back from the frontier with Ukraine
Putin calls on Ukraine rebels to put off secession vote
World 22:30 07/05/2014It was the first sign the Kremlin leader has given that he would not endorse a referendum planned for Sunday by pro-Russian rebels seeking independence for two provinces
