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MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian police should significantly intensify work to increase the solving rate of crimes, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. "This is one of your main tasks. The operating, investigative and all other units should concentrate efforts on it," Putin said at an...
MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by presidential contender Ksenia Sobchak to strip Vladimir Putin of 2018 presidential candidacy. Sobchak, a TV presenter, filed the lawsuit in mid-February stating that Putin had no legal right to run in...
MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by presidential contender Ksenia Sobchak to strip Vladimir Putin of 2018 presidential candidacy. Sobchak, a TV presenter, filed the lawsuit in mid-February stating that Putin had no legal right to run in...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Slovakia's Prime Minister Rober Fico discussed primarily the ongoing conflict in Ukraine during his visit to Moscow last week.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked Russians who had come out to vote, saying that the result of the presidential election would allow Russian society to consolidate and become stronger. Putin was speaking at his election headquarters late on Sunday after patial results showed...
Former FBI Director James Comey is gearing up to testify in the Senate on Thursday as the probe into Russian election meddling with the Trump campaign heats up. Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned U.S. intelligence, suggesting that private hackers could have interfered in the U.S. electio...
"Putin has repeatedly said he is ready to speak about peace", he said, insisting Russia wants to achieve its aims but would prefer to do so "peacefully". Asked if Ukraine could join the European Union, the Peskov said: "This is the sovereign right of any country, we ar...
Putin approves Russian government reshuffle MOSCOW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed decrees appointing members of the country's newly-formed government. The previous government resigned after Putin was sworn in to start his fourth term as president on May 7 ...
"Even a simple exchange of terrorists' funding and personnel information will greatly increase the efficiency of anti-terror missions," said Putin. He also called for strengthened cooperation with the United Nations, the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. ...