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Putin says Russia will never bow to US pressure, warns on missiles

MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 23 that Moscow would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other foreign power, and cautioned that it would deliver an ... Read More

Putin’s Long Game and Trump’s Peacemaker Illusion

In recent months, what seemed to be a hardening U.S. position on Russia suddenly softened again. After a two-hour phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in mid-October, whose ... Read More

‘Weak’ Putin is ‘afraid’ of US giving Ukraine some Tomahawk missiles: Zelensky

WASHINGTON — Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin “is in a weak position” and fearful that the US will finally send Ukraine some Tomahawk missiles that can cut deep into Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ... Read More

Trump says he and Putin will meet in Budapest to discuss end to Russia-Ukraine war

Washington — President Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Budapest to discuss how to end Russia's war in Ukraine, following what Mr. Trump described as a "lengthy" call ... Read More

Russian State TV Pundit Says ‘Putin Understands Trump All Too Well’ and ‘Can Manipulate Him’

A political pundit on Russian state television said Vladimir Putin “can manipulate” President Donald Trump. Whatever the veracity of the claim, the fact that it was made on Russia’s state-controlled ... Read More

Putin supervises readiness drills for Russian nuclear forces

Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. “Today, we are conducting a planned – I want to ... Read More