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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French colleague Emmanuel Macron met in Moscow on Monday, holding talks about the crisis in Ukraine, European security, and bilateral issues that lasted nearly six hours. They held a joint press conference afterward revealing some of the meeting’s results. The meeting comes amid soaring …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said it was possible to move forward on some of the solutions to the Ukraine crisis his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, proposed at the Monday talks in Moscow. Macron told the media in the Kremlin that these ideas might require brand-new security mechanisms. Moscow and Paris …

Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Monday that Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a follow-up attempt to retake Crimea would potentially cause a war between Russia and France, as he spoke at a presser alongside the French President Emmanuel Macron. Putin explained in no uncertain …

Crucial personal talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have begun in Moscow on Monday evening, with the latter suggesting they work out a solution that “helps to avoid war” in Europe. The high-profile Kremlin negotiations have centered on the ongoing standoff between Moscow and …

French President Emmanuel Macron has argued that Russia is not interested in invading Ukraine, expressing optimism that – so long as the West is prepared to make concessions – he can secure a “de-escalation” of tensions surrounding the Eastern European nation. He is set to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir …

The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it “strongly condemns the false statement that undermines the sovereignty of the Republic of China (Taiwan).”  “The government of the People’s Republic of China has never ruled Taiwan,” the ministry said. “Only a government freely elected by the people of Taiwan can …

The friendship between Russia and China has become an example of how two nations can develop together and support each other “in almost all areas,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Speaking to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at their first face-to-face meeting since the beginning of the Covid-19 …

The editors of Russian news outlet Echo of Moscow have requested that President Vladimir Putin step in after the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called for prominent liberal reporters and outlets to be prosecuted for “aiding terrorism.” Alexey Venediktov, the radio station’s editor-in-chief, wrote on Telegram on Wednesday, “in connection …

Russian President Vladimir Putin heralded a “new era” of strategic partnership with China, in both trade and global relations, in an article for the Chinese state news agency Xinhua published ahead of his visit to Beijing for the XXIV winter Olympics. Russian-Chinese relations of “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” have …

Amid the threat of conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Moscow won’t budge on its “well-founded” security demands. One day earlier, the embattled Johnson publicly condemned Putin during a visit to Ukraine. The leaders spoke by phone on Wednesday, after Johnson missed …