Vladimir Putin’s recent end-of-the-year press conference was mostly a self-congratulatory snooze, but there were several ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin was challenged by a BBC journalist to defend his 25-year rule, the struggling economy and ...

Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made a rare admission of failings by his powerful security agencies over the Ukraine-orchestrated killing of a senior general in Moscow.

Now that the regime of Bashar Assad has fallen, analysts and policymakers are discovering that the Syrian dictator’s friend and protector, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, may also be vulnerable.

President Vladimir Putin said, expressing hope for a "balanced" rate decision by the central bank when it meets on Friday. Addressing Russians in his annual phone-in, Putin generally backed the ...

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss after the chaos which accompanied the fall of the Soviet Union ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about the economy and hailed his troops’ gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday, an event he uses ...