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Vladimir Putin was told fire exits in the shopping centre were blocked illegally

Putin promises punishment over shopping centre fire

President Vladimir Putin flew to the scene of a deadly shopping centre fire in Siberia that killed 64 people and promised angry residents that those responsible for what he called criminal negligence would be harshly punished.

World • 27 Mar 18

Boris Johnson was asked if it was possible the Salisbury attack might have been conducted by someone who was 'empowered' by Vladimir Putin

Russian World Cup likened to Hitler's use of Olympics

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has likened Russia hosting the World Cup this summer to the 1936 Berlin Olympics which were used as a propaganda exercise by Hitler's Nazi regime.

UK • 21 Mar 18

Vladimir Putin extended his rule over Russia for another six years

Russia will remain 'a difficult partner' for Europe

Russia will remain a difficult partner, Germany's new foreign minister has said, following the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russian president.

Russia • 20 Mar 18

Vladimir Putin speaking at a rally near the Kremlin in Moscow

Landslide victory for Putin in presidential election

Vladimir Putin won a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election, receiving 76.67% of the vote, the central election commission has said.

World • 19 Mar 18

Former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned

Putin 'likely' made decision for spy attack - Johnson

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that it was overwhelmingly likely that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself made the decision to use a military-grade nerve toxin against a former Russian spy in Britain.

World • 16 Mar 18

Vladimir Putin is probably running for the last time, so a big turnout and win would consolidate his legacy

Turnout and Skripal attack overshadow Russian election

Vladimir Putin's coronation as President of the Russian Federation for the fourth time is not in doubt. But two factors are over-shadowing Sunday's election: turnout and the Skripal poisoning scandal.

Analysis and Comment • 16 Mar 18

Vladimir Putin said new nuclear missile had been tested

Russia confirms tests of new nuclear weapons

President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow would regard a nuclear attack on its allies as a nuclear attack on Russia itself and would immediately respond.

World • 01 Mar 18

Vladimir Putin lowers himself into the freezing waters of Lake Seliger

Putin takes icy plunge for Epiphany

Russian President Vladimir Putin and many Orthodox pilgrims braved a bitter winter snap overnight to take the annual plunge into icy water in a traditional ritual marking the baptism of Jesus.

World • 19 Jan 18

Ten people were injured in yesterday's attack

Putin says St Petersburg blast was terrorist act

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a blast that ripped through a St Petersburg supermarket yesterday injuring shoppers was the result of an act of terrorism.

World • 28 Dec 17

Alexei Navalny urging Russians to boycott voting following his barring from the election

Russia election body rejects Navalny presidential bid

Russia's Central Election Commission has unanimously rejected major opposition figure Alexei Navalny's bid to run against President Vladimir Putin in the presidential election next year.

World • 25 Dec 17

The two men discussed several crisis zones including the Korean peninsula

Putin and Trump discuss North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programme with US President Donald Trump in a phone call, the Kremlin said.

World • 14 Dec 17

Vladimir Putin made his annual address in Moscow

Putin says US in grip of 'fabricated' spy-mania

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the United States is in the grip of a fabricated spy-mania whipped up by President Donald Trump's opponents but he thought battered US-Russia relations would recover one day.

World • 14 Dec 17

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad met at a military base in Latakia

Putin orders partial Russian withdrawal from Syria

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria during a surprise visit to the war-torn country.

World • 11 Dec 17

Vladimir Putin has been in power, either as president or prime minister, since 2000

Putin to seek new term as Russia's president next year

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would seek a new six-year term in the country's March elections, in a move that would make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin.

News • 07 Dec 17

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit

Putin: Claims of Russian meddling in US are 'fantasies'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said accusations that Moscow meddled in US elections, particularly through contacts with US President Donald Trump's campaign team, are "fantasies" and attempts to undermine the US presidency.

World • 11 Nov 17

Mr Trump met the Russian President at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July

White House says Trump will not hold meeting with Putin

US President Donald Trump will not hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam, the White House has said.

World • 10 Nov 17

Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan pose before their meeting in Ankara

Erdogan, Putin agree joint push to end Syria war

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed to step up efforts to bring peace to Syria, with Mr Putin declaring the right conditions now existed to end the civil war.

News • 29 Sep 17

Russian President Vladimir Putin fishing in a mountain lake during his holiday in the Tyva Republic, southern Siberia

Putin cultivates strongman image with adventure holiday

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who loves to cultivate a virile man-of-action image, was shown on Russian TV today spear-fishing in a camouflage wetsuit, piloting a powerboat and catching some rays while on a Siberian holiday.

World • 05 Aug 17

The Trump administration has been beset by allegations that the president's closest advisers colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election

White House reveals second Trump-Putin G20 discussion

The White House has revealed that US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 summit in Germany earlier this month.

US • 19 Jul 17

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump shake hands

Trump presses Putin on interference in US election

US President Donald Trump pressed Vladimir Putin at their first meeting today about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

News • 07 Jul 17

It will be the first meeting between the pair

Trump and Putin to meet on sidelines of G20 summit

US President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at a summit in Germany that brings two world leaders whose political fortunes have become intertwined face-to-face for the first time.

World • 29 Jun 17

Angela Merkel raised the issue earlier this week when she met Vladimir Putin

Putin backs probe into attacks on gay men in Chechnya

Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed an official check into reported brutal attacks on gay men in Chechnya in his first public comment after German Chancellor Angela Merkel confronted him on the issue.

Russia • 05 May 17

Vladimir Putin was speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Allegations Russia meddled in US election are 'rumours'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that allegations that Russia had meddled in last year's US presidential election were based on rumours.

World • 02 May 17

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) was detained by Russian police officers during the opposition rally in central Moscow

Russian police detain opposition leader during protests

Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

News • 26 Mar 17

Barack Obama said US diplomats have experienced an unacceptable level of harassment in Moscow

Obama authorises US sanctions against Russia

US President Barack Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and sanctioned Russian intelligence officials who his government believes were involved in hacking US political groups in the 2016 presidential election.

sanctions • 29 Dec 16