Vladimir Putin

Supporters and western officials condemn what they describe as a political assassination attributable to Russia’s president

Russia will work with whoever the Americans elect, but has its preferences, Vladimir Putin has said

The KGB agent turned warlord president has shaped Russia with resentment and force. As Donald Trump threatens to abandon NATO allies if he returns to the White House, Putin’s poised to take advantage.

The billionaire will continue his technological developments, but rules must be established, the Russian leader has said

The Russian president blamed Washington for masterminding the 2014 coup in Kiev, which led to the current conflict

Putin has withstood the West’s best efforts to reverse his invasion of Ukraine, and his hold on power is firm. The U.S. and its allies need a new strategy: containment.

As Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin grow ever closer, their mutual distrust of the US may be their strongest bond.

Vladimir Putin has long projected friendly ties to Israel. But his silence since Saturday’s assault illustrates how the war in Ukraine has strained the relationship between the two countries.

A fan of Vladimir Putin and fast cars, Robert Fico should return as prime minister of Slovakia following parliamentary elections on Saturday. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the career of a politician who was ousted from power five years ago after a journalist was murdered for revealing government corruption, and who used populism and disinformation to rise again.

The ex-president believes the Russian leader’s remarks prove that he is “right” about the conflict in Ukraine

The most critical internal threat Putin has faced in years is gone. His rival and former ally’s reported death likely means the end for the Wagner Group but ushers in a new phase of fear and anxiety in Russia

Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.

While Putin's spokesperson denied that he'd killed Prigozhin, a former Kremlin official told Insider that the rebellion made his death "inevitable."

Paramilitary group has an estimated 5,000 men and lucrative businesses across at least four African nations.

The very public death of Putin henchman Yevgeny Prigozhin highlights the evolution of Russia into a mafia state held together by violence and incapable of global leadership.

Kiev should sue for peace before it loses the remnants of its sovereignty, the leader of Belarus said in an interview

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to buy time while he works out how to deal with Yevgeny Prighozin, says the director of the CIA.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is supposedly headed to Belarus, but Putin’s troubles aren’t over.