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Lukashenko arrives for talks with Putin on Russian force presence

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko landed in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin that Minsk said could determine how much longer Russian military forces…

Pak PM Imran to take up agenda of 2 mega gas pipeline projects in Russia

Islamabad, Feb 17 (PTI). Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will take up the agenda of two mega gas pipeline projects during his planned first visit to Russia this month for a…

Kremlin, welcoming Biden’s willingness to talk, says Putin wants to negotiate

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in favour of negotiations and diplomacy over tensions around Ukraine and that Moscow views U.S. President…

Biden to Putin: Step back from the brink of war with Ukraine

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from war with Ukraine on Tuesday,…

Putin says Russia does not want war, calls Donbass ‘genocide’

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia does not want a war in Europe, but described the situation in east Ukraine's breakaway regions as "genocide" and…

Russia says it pulls some troops from Crimea after drills

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Southern military district said on Tuesday that its forces have started withdrawing from Crimea and returning to their bases after completing drills on the peninsula which…

Scholz flies to Moscow in bid to avert war

By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Moscow on Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin in a high stakes mission to avert war, with Russia's…

Wednesday? Next week? Ukraine invasion predictions cause turmoil, roil markets

By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's massive troop buildup along Ukraine's border has left the West struggling to pinpoint if or when he might…

Putin in principle approves Russia’s reply to West on security guarantees -RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved, in principle, the Foreign Ministry's responses to the West on security guarantees that Moscow is seeking, the RIA news agency cited…

Russia’s Lavrov urges Putin to allow more time for diplomacy amid Ukraine crisis

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday suggested to President Vladimir Putin that Moscow continue along the diplomatic path in its efforts to extract security guarantees from the…

U.S denies it carried out operations in Russian territorial waters

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Saturday denied that it had carried out military operations in Russian territorial waters, after Moscow said a Russian naval vessel chased away a…

Putin gave no indication in Macron call he’s preparing invasion – French presidency official

PARIS (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin gave no indication in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday that he was preparing to invade Ukraine, a French presidency…