Russian business leaders are backing legislation that would stop Western companies one day returning to the market they left after the Ukraine invasion.

Vladimir Putin has refuted claims about his deteriorating eyesight, despite being frequently spotted reading from large-sized scripts during briefings.The 72-year-old leader is known for his reluctance to admit any health issues.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday after Israel pelted Iran with a series of strikes.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, focusing on hostilities between Israel and Iran and calling for efforts to bring them to an end.

Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with Dana Bash about the recent escalating attacks between Israel and Iran.

Smirnova, the director of the Narva museum that is housed in the fortress, has defiantly hung from the battlements a large banner of Putin’s face, with the words “war criminal” below it. In January this year a court in Moscow issued an arrest warrant for Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova on the charge of spreading false information.

Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia's Vladimir Putin could help.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday, June 11th, that Russian military casualties have surpassed the one million mark since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. -This “grisly milestone,