Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his controversial kissing of a boy on the stomach was just a spontaneous gesture of affection. Mr Putin came across Nikita, five, in the Kremlin last week, ...

Zelensky also wore a heavy black field jacket and buttoned black shirt when he met President Trump at Pope Francis’ funeral ...

The Ukrainian death toll it puts at between 60,000 and 100,000 and total casualties up to 400,000. In continuing hostilities, ...

Once hailed as Russia’s answer to Davos, this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) feels more like a trade show for pariah states, Kremlin nepo babies and contrarians than a hub ...

A case in point is the painting of President Trump that Vladimir Putin asked Steve Witkoff to give him in April. According to the New York real estate developer-turned-diplomatic globetrotter, it was ...

Simply sign up to the Russian business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Vladimir Putin has failed to attract western companies to an economic conference in St Petersburg ...

Putin T-shirts, robots and the Taliban -- but few Westerners at Russia's Davos Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Russia's flagship economic forum kicked off Wednesday with stalls selling Vladimir Putin ...

Russia's flagship economic forum kicked off Wednesday with stalls selling Vladimir Putin-themed merchandise and humanoid robots, but Westerners were few and far between -- despite warming ties ...

Russia's flagship economic forum kicked off Wednesday with stalls selling Vladimir Putin-themed merchandise and humanoid ...

Russia's flagship economic forum kicked off Wednesday with stalls selling Vladimir Putin-themed merchandise and humanoid robots, but Westerners were few and far between -- despite warming ties between ...