Snowden and Putin: Who is playing whom?

BEIJING - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday that China has noted Russian President Vladimir Putin's positive remarks on bilateral ties and expresses its appreciation. "With the guidance by the heads of the two countries, ...

MOSCOW: The chief executive of Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell Ben van Beurden met President Vladimir Putin at his private residence, telling the Russian strongman that the company wanted to expand its operations in Russia. The meeting ...

The White House on Friday refused to comment on reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal wealth could be targeted if the West were to move ahead with additional sanctions over Ukraine. "I'm not going to get into foreshadowing ...

"Bearing in mind Ukraine's enormous debts, Russia, which sticks to the current contract, will simply switch to the advance payment regime. But Russia has never threatened to switch off gas to Ukraine," he told the Russia-1 television channel. He ...

MOSCOW. April 18 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled an incident in which NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had surreptitiously taped a private conversation between the two and then leaked it to the media in 2002 as an ...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) plans to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East , the country's only producer of liquefied natural gas, as it seeks to boost its presence in the Asian energy market. Shell Chief Executive ...

Ukraine-Russia-politics-crisis-US-Alaska-Putin-offbeat Contributed by NAMPA / AFP. Ex-Russian Alaska 'too cold' to annex, Putin jokes =(PICTURE)= MOSCOW, April 17, 2014 (AFP) - In a patriotic fervour, Russians are asking President Vladimir ...

Ukrainian tanks have been seen 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Sloviansk, a city controlled by armed pro-Russian separatists, hours after US President Barack Obama urged Vladimir Putin to use

Reuters / Henry Romero Opportunities for the West to hurt the Russian economy are limited, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Europe cannot stop buying Russian gas without inflicting pain on itself, and if the US tries to lower oil prices, ...