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Speaking with  NBC News’ Keir Simmons in Moscow, ahead of the June 16 summit with Biden, Putin called the “killer” comment “Hollywood macho.” “Over my tenure, I’ve gotten used to attacks from all kinds of angles and from all kinds of areas under all kinds of pretext, and reasons and …

“Good luck to Biden in dealing with President Putin—don’t fall asleep during the meeting, and please give him my warmest regards!” Trump said in a statement on Thursday. Biden is scheduled to meet with Putin in Geneva next week. Moscow has described the meeting as “very, very important” but cautioned …

The Ukraine football team outraged some figures in Russia when they unveiled their new set of kits for the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament over the weekend. The front of the shirts features an outline of a map of Ukraine which includes Crimea, even though the peninsula is part of Russia …

Biden touched down in the UK on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday and the start of the G7 summit on Friday. His schedule in the coming days is a busy one. From the G7 in Cornwall, Biden will travel to Brussels for a …

In a speech to social workers on Tuesday, marking the profession’s national day of recognition, Putin emphasized the importance of helping the vulnerable. “The very values of mercy, love for one’s neighbor, and support for those in need bind and consolidate the entire centuries-old history of our people. They constitute …

The city will host the first of its seven matches in the tournament next Saturday, when Russia play top-ranked Belgium before also facing Finland on Wednesday in Group B. While Covid-19 restrictions remain in place, Russia are expected to be fervently backed by much of the crowd of more than 30,000 that …

Putin revealed the “approximate agenda” of his much-anticipated face-to-face talks with Biden, scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, during his appearance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. “We’re going to discuss the issues of bilateral relations. I proceed from the fact that we …

That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told reporters on Friday at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum that there was a risk that expectations for the summit might spiral out of control. In his view, the head-to-head on June 16 in Geneva will be “very, very important,” but …

Cyberattacks – including recent hacks disrupting the largest US transporter of refined fuels and the world’s biggest meatpacker – “will certainly be a topic of discussion” when President Joe Biden meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in …

Speaking as part of a meeting held in Sochi on Friday with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin remarked that the outcry was “a surge of emotions.” “The plane of the President of Bolivia was once grounded,” Putin recalled. “The president was taken out of the plane, and nothing, silence.” …