Vladimir Putin | The Asian Age

Monday, Mar 27, 2023 | Last Update : 12:21 PM IST

Vladimir Putin Page-3

UK report fails to find out if Russia meddled in Brexit vote

The long-anticipated report cast Russia as a hostile power which posed a significant threat to Britain and the West across a range of fronts

21 Jul 2020 11:33 PM

Russia's ambassador to Britain Andrei Kelin rejects virus vaccine hacking claims. (Photo- BBC Interview)

Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

Andrei Kelin said that there was no sense in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada

19 Jul 2020 3:33 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of a local electoral commission as he arrives to cast his ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms at a polling station in Moscow on July 1, 2020. (AFP)

Putin could stay in power till 2036 as per the new constitution reforms

In a seven day long voting, Russians overwhelmingly approved the package for constitutional changes put forward by president Vladimir Putin

02 Jul 2020 8:37 AM

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left. (AP)

Trump and his two Russia paradox

When it comes to Russia, the Trump administration just can’t seem to make up its mind

01 Jul 2020 12:34 PM

A Russian traffic police officer wearing a face mask and protective gloves stands in front of a municipal vehicle cleaning and disinfecting a street at Vorobyovy Hills observation point in Moscow. (AFP)

Russia coronavirus cases rise to 87,147, surpass China’s

Putin postpones annual parade marking the 1945 defeat of Nazi army in World War II due to the growing outbreak

27 Apr 2020 2:33 PM

Putin has said on several recent occasions that Poland bears responsibility for the outbreak of the war, deepening tensions between the two Slavic nations. (Photo: File)

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about WWII, says attempt to 'conceal' Russia's issue

'President Putin has lied about Poland on numerous occasions, and he has always done it deliberately,' Prime Minister Morawiecki said.

30 Dec 2019 9:11 AM

Clocking in at four hours and twenty-five minutes, the question-and-answer session was one of the longest ever held by Putin in a format that has become an annual end-of-year tradition for the Russian leader. (Photo: File)

Vladimir Putin hints at leaving Russian presidency in 2024

Putin indicated he was in favour of removing the word 'successive' from a clause in the constitution.

20 Dec 2019 9:35 AM

Russia decided on Thursday to contest its ban from major sporting events over doping violations, as President Vladimir Putin slammed its sidelining as unfair and insisted athletes should be able to compete under the national flag. (Photo: AP)

Russia to contest doping ban, Vladimir Putin defiant

WADA on December 10 banned Russia for four years from major global events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

19 Dec 2019 7:45 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events, a move he said violated the Olympic charter. (Photo: AP)

Vladimir Putin says Moscow could appeal Russia sports ban

Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years earlier on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics.

10 Dec 2019 1:17 PM

Putin last month praised Zelensky as "likeable" and "sincere". (Photo: File)

'Don't trust Putin': Ex-Ukraine Prez warns ahead of Russia talks

Zelensky, a political novice who was inaugurated in May, will meet Putin for the first time on Monday.

07 Dec 2019 3:35 PM

Foreign agents, defined as involved in politics and receiving money from abroad, must register with the justice ministry, label publications with the tag and submit detailed paperwork or face fines. (Photo: File)

Russian Prez Putin signs law to label journalists as ‘foreign agents’

The new law, which now extends to individuals, would come into effect immediately.

03 Dec 2019 11:04 AM

But Macron has made no secret of his wish to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a range of disputes, saying he would raise the issue at a NATO meeting in London next week. (Photo: File)

EU must be part of any future US-Russia nuclear missile treaty, says Macron

'We cannot just content ourselves with bilateral treaties,' Macron said after talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Paris.

29 Nov 2019 9:53 AM

PM Modi met Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS Summit and reviewed the full range of India-Russia relations. (Photo: Twitter)

PM Modi meets Vladimir Putin, gets invitation for annual Victory Day celebrations

During the bilateral meeting, the fourth between the two leaders this year, Modi said 'frequent meetings have strengthened our relations.

14 Nov 2019 3:47 PM

PM Modi emplanes for Brazil to take part in BRICS Summit in New Delhi onTuesday. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to meet Jinping and Putin in seperate bilateral in Brazil

The invitation was extended by President Putin, when PM Modi had visited Vladivostok a few months ago.

13 Nov 2019 3:40 AM

Following US' pullout of its troops from northern Syria, Turkish armed forces launched an offensive into Syria on October 9 in a bid to drive Kurdish fighters out of the area to establish a safe zone along the Turkey-Syria border. (Photo: File)

Erdogan, Putin discuss Syria over phone, strong on 'Sochi Deal'

Erdogan and Putin also discussed steps to be taken for developing bilateral relations and increasing bilateral trade volume.

10 Nov 2019 12:21 PM

The meeting centered on the security situation in northeast Syria following the launch of Turkey's cross-border operation on October 9 aimed at driving the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers 'terrorists' from the area. (Photo: ANI)

Russia to join Turkey to push back Kurdish fighters along border in northern Syria

Erdogan's operation, meanwhile, will continue in a limited area.

23 Oct 2019 8:55 AM

Now, after Putin's statements, she's changed it to "A kind but poorly informed teenager". (Photo: Screengrab)

Greta Thunberg changes her Twitter bio to mock Putin after he criticised her UN speech

Putin said that Greta may have had good intentions but was poorly informed and has little or no idea about conditions in developing nations.

04 Oct 2019 1:27 PM

The 16-year-old Swede electrified the UN summit in New York when she denounced world leaders for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers by demanding: “How dare you?” (Photo: File)

‘Go explain to developing countries’: Putin criticises Greta Thunberg’s UN speech

Putin said: 'I may disappoint you but I don’t share the common excitement about the speech by Greta Thunberg.'

03 Oct 2019 12:23 PM

Putin also took aim at the Mueller Report, which concluded that Russia tried to swing the 2016 election in the Republican's favour but did not establish evidence of collusion between the Trump camp and Moscow. (Photo: File)

'We absolutely will': Vladimir Putin jokes about meddling in US elections

'I see nothing compromising in the conversation between Trump and (Ukrainian leader Volodymyr) Zelensky,' Putin said.

03 Oct 2019 8:32 AM

People familiar with the matter said that the CIA source, was outside of Putin's inner circle, was privy to decision-making at high levels of the Russian government. (Photo: File)

Putin 'personally' ordered meddling in 2016 US election: CIA informant

The informant's information was so delicate that then CIA directorhad kept it out of then-President Obama's daily security briefings.

10 Sep 2019 1:01 PM

3 of 25

Columns

Saeed Naqvi