Vladimir Putin, the 72-year-old Russian dictator, hates admitting to having any health failings and snapped back when an eye surgeon dared to tell him: "Even the best car needs a technical inspection.

Vladimir Putin has refuted claims about his deteriorating eyesight, despite being frequently spotted reading from large-sized scripts during briefings.The 72-year-old leader is known for his reluctance to admit any health issues.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is trying to shift international attention away from Russia's war against Ukraine by offering the United States help in the Middle East settlement. — Ukrinform.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have held a lengthy phone call to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy.

Smirnova, the director of the Narva museum that is housed in the fortress, has defiantly hung from the battlements a large banner of Putin’s face, with the words “war criminal” below it. In January this year a court in Moscow issued an arrest warrant for Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova on the charge of spreading false information.

Leaders will hold talks on the war in Ukraine and spiralling conflict in the Middle East as they gather at a major global summit in Canada.

Ukraine has destroyed a Russian military convoy in a single strike using a U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket system in the Donetsk region. According to early reports, more than 20 Russian soldiers were killed and many others injured in the attack, which took ...