Russian President Vladimir Putin

In tough remarks on the new arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target the US if it deploys missiles in Europe.

"The Avangard has cost hundreds of times less than what the U.S. has spent on its missile defense," Ivanov said.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged Nato to send ships to the Sea of Azov following a naval confrontation with Russia off Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal a "traitor" and a "scumbag".

Russia and Turkey have agreed to create a demilitarised buffer zone in Syria's Idlib province to separate government forces from rebel fighters based there.

Abe smiled at the suggestion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to action film actor Steven Seagal.USA TODAY
 

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He made no mention of what he was doing moving forward.

French President Emmanuel Macron couldn’t contain his joy as France beat Croatia 4-2 to win the World Cup at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.

Moscow has rejected any involvement in the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine after the Netherlands and Australia declared Russia “responsible” for the deployment of a BUK missile system that downed the jet in 2014.

PRESIDENT Putin does not mess around with military parades, putting his new “Terminator” on show in a pointed display.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Ankara to meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts. The trio will focus on Syria, days after the milestone liberation of Ghouta, as Moscow also finalizes joint projects with Turkey.

Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the Russia investigation, said Monday that the committee had concluded its interviews for the Russia investigation, and the Republican staff had prepared a 150-page draft report that they would give to Democrats to review on Tuesday morning.

Washington's new national security strategy is "aggressive," Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that Moscow will take the US stance into consideration.

THE Trump administration has levied new sanctions at Russia, in the hope it will force the country to comply with a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty it violated.