Syria needs new constitution: Vladimir Putin

Putin said Russian military aid was going to help parts of the Syrian opposition in the fight against ISIS as well as to help Assad.

12 Jan 2016 11:14 AM

Vladimir Putin says he wants global cooperation against terrorism

Russia's air force is attacking targets in Syria and Moscow says it aims to undermine Islamic State.

11 Jan 2016 9:58 AM

Vladimir Putin: US a threat to Russia

Strategy document signed by Prez also sees expansion of Nato as threat

03 Jan 2016 5:57 AM

Russian appraisal names US as threat

A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years.

03 Jan 2016 1:48 AM

Putin names US among threats in new Russian security strategy

It is seen as a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years.

02 Jan 2016 6:11 PM

Officials get tome on Putin’s one-liners as gift

Some of Vladimir Putin’s saltiest one-liners have been turned into a book by his supporters who have sent a batch to the Kremlin touting it as the ideal holiday gift for patriotic Russian officials.

30 Dec 2015 5:30 AM

In a first, Russia closes Red Square for New Year’s Eve

Moscow’s Red Square, traditionally a place where people gather to ring in the New Year, will be closed to revellers on December 31, city authorities said Monday, amid mounting security concerns.

29 Dec 2015 6:00 AM

Vladimir Putin orders anti-terror units on coasts

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered counter-terrorism operational headquarters to be set up in several coastal areas, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

27 Dec 2015 12:36 AM

OVL, IOC-OIL JV eye higher pie in Russian oil

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) is in talks to raise its stake in Russia’s second biggest oilfield of Vankor while Indian Oil Corp-Oil India are in negotiations for a stake in Taas-Yuriakh Neftegazodobycha oilf

26 Dec 2015 5:04 AM

‘Stop fighters coming from Turkey, Jordan’

Qatar against Opp. lists before peace talks; Russia says its strikes reduce oil smuggling

26 Dec 2015 3:57 AM

ONGC in talks to up stake in Russia's Vankor oilfield document

The documents, signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow.

25 Dec 2015 10:24 AM

India and Russia to manufacture military choppers, announces Modi in Moscow

25 Dec 2015 9:58 AM

Vladimir Putin gifts Modi Gandhi diary notes, Bengal sword

Russian President Vladim-ir Putin has gifted Prime Minister Narendra an 18th century sword from Bengal and a page from Mahatma Gandhi’s diary containing his handwritten notes.

25 Dec 2015 3:54 AM

India, Russia sign 16 pacts

Deals on military copters and Nuclear-plants, Putin backs UN bid

25 Dec 2015 12:44 AM

President Putin gifts Modi handwritten page from Mahatma Gandhi's dairy

24 Dec 2015 11:26 AM

Vladimir Putin hosts Modi for private tete-a-tete; to hold talks today

It is expected that both countries will seal a number of defence deals as well.

24 Dec 2015 9:43 AM

Red-carpet welcome for PM Modi in Russia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Wednesday to a red carpet welcome on his first bilateral visit to Russia during which both countries are set to seal a raft of deals in key sectors like de

24 Dec 2015 6:19 AM

Vladimir Putin: We don’t want USSR back but no one believes us

Russia is not trying to bring back the USSR, President Vladimir Putin said in a documentary aired, but the problem is that “nobody wants to believe it”.

22 Dec 2015 6:29 AM

'Don't want USSR back, but no one believes it,': Vladimir Putin

'You can't just impose your version of democracy onto people,' says Putin.

21 Dec 2015 11:28 AM

One dead, several missing in gas blast at Russia apartment block

21 Dec 2015 9:38 AM