Vladimir Putin

Just in: Vladimir Putin sworn in for record fifth term as Russian president

Vladimir Putin began his fifth term as Russian leader on Tuesday at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out for another six years in...

Another six-year term for Putin as he tops Russian presidential polls, emerging longest serving president in 200 years

Exit polls on Sunday indicated that Vladimir Putin had won a second six-year term as President of Russia, making the tough former spy...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death: Widow vows to challenge Putin

Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia, has promised to continue in the path of her husband, which is to fight for a “free Russia.”. In...

Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said....

Russia writes off $23b African countries’ debts

Russia says it has written off $23 billion debts of African countries. President Vladimir Putin announced this during the plenary session of the...

ICC issues arrest warrant on Putin over war crime allegations

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war...

‘Putin’ the cart before the horse in Ukraine

By Olukayode Oyeleye Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is clearly now at his wit’s end. His gestures in the past one day or two...

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden calls for Putin’s overthrow

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday called for Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s removal, saying, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”...

War Tension: Ukraine To Its Olympic Athletes, ‘Do Not Take Photos With Russians’

  As war tensions mount between Russia and Ukraine, officials in Ukraine hope their athletes aren’t locked arm in arm with their Russian...