VLADIMIR PUTIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the alliance of encroaching on the Kremlin’s sphere of influence.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted Russia’s economy will contract by 1 percent in 2016.

Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.

As the Russian economy struggles, Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle continues to make gains.

Russia’s economy was booming a year and a half ago when oil prices were higher, but now officials need to make cuts.

Vladimir Pribylovsky was a writer who covered intra-Kremlin power struggles.

Russia President Vladimir Putin has for many years described NATO's efforts to develop defenses against ballistic missiles as a move to "neutralize" Moscow.

However, granting asylum to the Syrian president would not be as difficult as sheltering U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Russian leader said.

The president has introduced new expressions, from gender terms to technology brands, in his State of the Union addresses. Expect more firsts Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western sanctions against his government, while praising German Chancellor Angela Merkel as "professional."

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the fall of the Berlin Wall did not unite Europe by any means.

Polish authorities made allusions to World War II losses under German occupation during a debate over freedom of speech.

The official indicates the airstrikes may have harmed the Islamic State group less than other rebel organizations in Syria.

The infiltration adds to the more than 1,300 airspace violations that happened last year around the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.

Then president, he warned Tony Blair the country spelled trouble years before the British leader joined the 2003 invasion.

Spain and Belgium are taking over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s policing this week and will likely see more Russian aircraft interceptions.

With over 9,000 dead, Ukraine is again calling for the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to the Donbass region.

The Japanese leader has been trying to improve relations with Moscow, but the latter's involvement in several international crises has caused delays.

After Russia banned food from Ukraine, Kiev responded to Moscow with a similar measure of its own.

Attacks, rather than technical difficulties or weather problems, were responsible for more aviation deaths than any other factor in 2015.

A new national-security assessment is a sign of how relations between Russia and the West have worsened in recent years.