Vladimir Putin

Asean, Russia reaffirm commitment to deepening cooperation at summit in Kazan

Speaking at the summit, PM Lawrence Wong said Asean and Russia should work together in areas where their interests converge

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) during an official welcoming ceremony for Russia-Asean Summit in Kazan.

Asean Business

Malaysia and Russia weigh using ruble, ringgit to boost trade

Both countries also review opportunities for greater energy cooperation

Russia's President Vladimir Putin will have “a marathon” of bilateral talks with Asean leaders, according to Kremlin.

Asean Business

Putin to host Asean leaders in first summit since Ukraine invasion

Moscow is pushing a Great Eurasian Partnership involving Eurasian Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Asean

Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to acknowledge he can fail in Ukraine, but a debate has begun among the country's elite that is at once promising and worrying.

Opinion & Features

Russia is the test of Europe’s strategic autonomy

To end the Ukraine war, the region must collectively decide on finding a place for the Eurasian country

“Ukraine is ready for a full ceasefire for the duration of the negotiations,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

International

Ukraine’s Zelensky proposes peace talks in letter to Putin

US President Donald Trump welcomes the Ukrainian initiative

Two leaders (above: Russia's Vladimir Putin and the US' Donald Trump) started wars of choice which they thought would bring quick victories, only to find themselves trapped in conflicts they are finding difficult to end.

Opinion & Features

Why Putin and Trump should both want quick peace deals

Despite the mounting costs of both wars, the Russian and US leaders are reluctant to admit failure

Ukraine has turned its battlefront into a charnel house with Russia’s casualty rate at 35,000 a month.

Opinion & Features

THE BOTTOM LINE

Putin and Trump don’t have the cards

The wars waged by Russia and the US in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm

Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the world leaders who visited China to meet President Xi Jinping in rapid succession recently.

Opinion & Features

China’s diplomatic successes are broad but shallow

It asks little of its foreign ‘partners’, and gives little back

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20.

Opinion & Features

The real message behind Beijing’s back-to-back summits

Trump and Putin visits in a week show Xi positioning China at the center of a fractured world order

Russian President Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi following their meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 20.

Global Enterprise

Putin leaves Beijing after Xi meeting with little progress on key China-Russia gas pipeline project

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin left Beijing on Wednesday night (May 20) with no sign of a breakthrough on a natural gas pipeline project with the potential to reshape global energy flows and geopoli...

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