Putin warns of second Srebrenica massacre if Kyiv doesn't grant amnesty for east Ukraine separatists
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that residents of separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine could be targeted by government forces if Kiev is granted total control over the border between them and Russia. Speaking a day after his first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President ...
Putin meets with Zelenskiy for first time as Russia issues passports to 125,000 in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists. Both leaders sat down at the French presidential palace along with ...
As Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet for the first time Monday, many wonder what Moscow's long-term goal is in strife-torn eastern Ukraine. The talks, mediated by France and Germany, will focus on implementing the Minsk accords — agreements drawn up ...
Stakes high as Ukraine readies for peace talks with apparently uncompromising Russia
When new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sits down Monday for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, the stakes couldn't be higher. More than five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Moscow-backed separatists has ...
Putin offers U.S. chance to extend key nuclear pact right now
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow is prepared to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States. Speaking at a meeting with military officials, Putin said that Russia has repeatedly offered the U.S. to extend the New START ...
The top U.S. career diplomat on Tuesday unambiguously rejected a theory promoted by President Donald Trump that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Asked at a hearing by Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez if he had evidence of Ukrainian meddling in the election, David ...
Russian apps could pose 'counterintelligence threat,' FBI says
The FBI is treating any mobile app that comes out of Russia as a "potential counterintelligence threat," the U.S.'s top law enforcement agency said in a letter to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's concern arises in part from "the legal ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law Monday that gives the government the right to register bloggers, journalists and social media users as foreign agents. The bill extends an existing law involving foreign-funded media outlets. That was adopted in 2017 in response to ...
Syrian airstrikes on Idlib markets kill at least 11, say White Helmets
Syrian government airstrikes on the rebel-held area of Idlib killed at least 11 people and wounded dozens on Monday after hitting two outdoor markets, Syrian civil defense forces said. Syria's northwestern corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still in ...
Zelenskiy says he didn't speak with Trump from 'position of a quid pro quo'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview Monday that he didn't speak with President Donald Trump "from the position of a quid pro quo" last summer. Zelenskiy says, "That's not my thing. ... I don't want us to look like beggars." Trump later claimed ...
President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday launched a gas pipeline that is the first of three ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow's role as top gas exporter. Putin and Xi inaugurated by video link-up the "Power of Siberia" pipeline, sending Siberian ...
During ceremony to honor victims of explosion, Putin vows to perfect weapons system
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would perfect an advanced weapon system following an explosion at a testing site that killed seven people. At a Kremlin ceremony where Putin bestowed state awards on the widows of the scientists killed in the accident, Putin also said their ...
