Politics

Analysis: Putin has outmanoeuvred a host of US presidents. Trump is only the latest

US President Donald Trump is finding out that getting through to Russian President Vladimir Putin is not as easy as he might…

Putin discusses US-Iran nuclear talks with leader of Oman in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed Iran’s nuclear programme with the visiting leader of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al…

Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years

President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia's highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country…

‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations

In graves at Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok, in Russia, lie the bodies of 663 British military personnel. Most of the dead…

Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace talks looking at ‘dividing up certain assets’

Negotiators working to end the Russia-Ukraine war have already discussed “dividing up certain assets,” US President Donald Trump said Sunday as he…

For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s position in the world is personal. Here’s what he really wants

US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does,…