Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on ...

But President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking at an annual news conference, showed little sign of backing down from his ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing ...

Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel, presents the war in Ukraine as a watershed moment in relations with the West, which ...

President Vladimir Putin's epic annual press conference on Friday was punctuated by bizarre moments and occasional barbs from ...

Speaking at his tightly orchestrated annual news conference that lasted more than four hours, Putin declared that Russian forces have “fully seized strategic initiative” and would make more gains by ...

Guards forced detainees to sing the Russian anthem for hours while beatings took place. Many inmates, she added, were ...

Johan Eliasch, president of the most powerful winter sports federation, has told AFP that less than two months before the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday was conferred with Ethiopia's highest award 'The Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia' by his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed Ali. The award was conferred upon ...

Hundreds of desperate Chechen refugees are still stranded on the Belarusian border, waiting to enter the EU. Many locals are sceptical of the newcomers — but some have stood up to help.

On September 10 2017, Mikheil Saakashvili along with other representatives of the Ukrainian opposition and his family members marched through the Polish-Ukrainian border from Medyka (Poland) to ...