Vladimir Putin

commentaryCommentary

Putin, Xi friendship ‘driven by their hatred for West’

The conjoining of Beijing and Moscow’s strategic ambitions increases the potential for conflict in the world.

Paul Dibb

Russia-US talksThe Times

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 07, 2021 shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaking with US NBC news network anchor Megyn Kelly at the Kremlin on March 1, 2018 in Moscow and US President Joe Biden delivering remarks on his plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on January 15, 2021. - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 4, 2021 he is hoping to improve deeply damaged ties with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month. The face-to-face meeting in Geneva on June 16 comes amid the biggest crisis in ties between the two countries in years, with tensions high over a litany of issues including hacking allegations, human rights and election meddling. (Photo by Angela WEISS and Alexey DRUZHININ / AFP)

Putin blasts Biden’s ‘Hollywood macho’ act

Putin dismisses Joe Biden’s description of him as a killer and lavishes praise on Donald Trump before the two leaders’ meeting.

David Charter

EditorialEditorials

Biden-Putin summit is critical

The unwillingness of the West to challenge Russian aggression is a mistake. A shift in mindset is needed.

Editorial

The Wall Street Journal

Court strikes blow at Navalny network

Branding dissident’s groups extremist effectively bans them.

Georgi Kantchev

EditorialEditorials

Much at stake in Reykjavik

There’s value in closer Washington-Moscow ties and increased understanding, but Mr Biden needs to be careful.

Editorial

UpdatedWorld Breaking News

People react at a makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting at School No. 175 in Kazan on May 11, 2021. - At least nine people, most of them children, were killed on May 11, 2021 when a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan, officials said. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

9 dead in horrific school shooting

Vladimir Putin has ordered an “urgent” tightening of gun laws after children and a teacher were killed and 20 hospitalised with a teenager detained.

National Breaking News

Children play on a beach near the lead smelter in Port Pirie. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Brutal reaction to town’s ‘sh*t’ ranking

The mayor of what’s just been dubbed one of the nation’s “sh*ttest towns” isn’t taking the ranking lying down.

Ben Graham and Natalie Wolfe

Rising tensionsThe Times

Russian servicemen shout during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2021. - Russia celebrates the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Putin’s ominous warning to the West

Putin declared Russia would defend its national interests amid growing critics, as he watched a show of military strength in Red Square.

Marc Bennetts

investigationThe Times

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 01: Queen Elizabeth II greets Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent as she arrives at the Honourable Artillery Company on June 1, 2016 in London, England. The engagement marks the Queen becoming the longest serving Captain-General of the Company. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Queen’s cousin ‘selling access to Putin’

A senior member of the British royal family is allegedly selling privileged access to Vladimir Putin’s regime to business clients.

JONATHAN CALVERT, GEORGE ARBUTHNOTT and TOM CALVER

The Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 17, 2021 (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 17, 2021 shows US President Joe Biden(L) during remarks on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 15, 2021, and Russian President Vladimir Putin as he and his Turkish counterpart hold a joint press statement following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 5, 2020. - US President Joe Biden said May 4, 2021 he expects to hold a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a June trip to Europe.

Biden hopes to meet Putin on Europe trip

American president is scheduled to attend the Group of Seven summit in England and hold meetings in Brussels.

Alex Leary

World

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, leaves Moscow's Babushkinsky district court after a hearing to consider an appeal by Navalny against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran, on April 29, 2021. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Putin is a naked thief, says Navalny

The oppostion leader’s network disbands as he appears in court for the first time after ending his hunger strike.

Anatasia Clark

World

Activists from Amnesty International demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, on April 24, 2021, calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Kremlin silences Navalny group

The court had banned the foundation from posting content on the internet, using state media, organising protests, and using deposits.

AFP

The Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video conference meeting as part of the virtual US-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate, in his residence in Moscow, on April 22, 2020. - The US president hopes to rally the world on climate as he unveils more ambitious US commitments at a summit that will bring on board adversaries China and Russia and follows firmer commitments by the European Union and Britain. (Photo by Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Biden wants to meet Putin in June

The US President’s G7 agenda could now be overshadowed by a high-stakes meeting with his Russian counterpart.

Ben Hoyle and Marc Bennetts

commentaryCommentary

This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian forces landing a shore during a military drill along the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea. - Russia will begin returning troops from military drills near Ukraine that have exacerbated tensions with the West from Friday, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. (Photo by Vadim Savitsky / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Russia-China union casts dark cloud over West

Beijing and Moscow understand Washington can no longer handle two regional wars concurrently. Could they be coordinating their timing on Taiwan and Ukraine?

Paul Dibb

World

This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021 shows an explosion as Russian forces take part in a military drill along the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea. - Russia will begin returning troops from military drills near Ukraine that have exacerbated tensions with the West from Friday, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. (Photo by Vadim Savitsky / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Russia pulls troops at Ukraine border

The announcement came as President Vladimir Putin invited Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for talks in Moscow.

Anna Smolchenko

World

TOPSHOT - Police officers detain a protester during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in central Saint-Petersburg on April 21, 2021. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team called for demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)

Putin warns West of ‘red line’ as thousands protest

Thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny took to the streets after the Russian leader delivered his state of the nation address.

Michael Mainville and Romain Colas

World

Ukrainian servicemen stand at their positions on the frontline with Russian-backed seperatists near the small city of Marinka, Donetsk region, on April 20, 2021. - An emergency meeting between Russia, Ukraine and separatists was under way on April 20, 2021, in an effort to defuse soaring tensions over Russia's troop buildup along the ex-Soviet country's borders. A spokesman for the Ukrainian delegation told AFP that progress had been made on efforts to restore a ceasefire that was agreed last July but upended by a recent spate of clashes between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Aleksey Filippov / AFP)

Zelensky calls on Putin to meet at front

The blunt offer for talks came following a flare-up in clashes between Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian separatists.

Dmytro Gorshkov and Yulia Silina

EditorialEditorials

Navalny a final straw for action

Time is long overdue for the free world to get tough with Putin.

Editorial

‘Killer’ presidentThe Times

08 Nov 2006, Moscow, Russia --- Russian President Vladimir Putin with a gun, wears protective head gear on a visit to the new headquarters of the Main Intelligence Agency (GRU) of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff. --- Image by © Astakhov Dmitri/ITAR-TASS/Corbis

Can Biden’s tough talk halt Russia’s assault on West?

Fears are growing that Putin has outmanoeuvred the West again as his troops mass on Ukraine’s border.

MATTHEW CAMPBELL

Leaders speak in phone callWorld

TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard at a position on the frontline with Russia backed separatists near small city of Marinka, Donetsk region on April 12, 2021. - Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in clashes with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine's war-torn east, its military said on April 12, 2021, as Kiev again accused Moscow of massing tens of thousands of soldiers on its border. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Biden invites Putin to summit in ‘third country’

In a telephone call to his Russian counterpart the US president has called on Russia to ‘de-escalate tensions’ around Ukraine.

Adam Creighton

The Times

This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on April 8, 2021 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the frontline with Russia backed separatists near Zolote, Lugansk region. - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was travelling to the country's eastern frontline on April 8, 2021, after a surge in clashes with separatist forces and a spike in tensions with Moscow. Fighting between the Ukrainian army and separatists has intensified in recent weeks, raising fears of a major escalation in the long-running conflict over the mainly Russian-speaking Donbas region. (Photo by STR / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Putin masses tanks close to Ukraine border

Moscow has also sent short-range ballistic missiles, according to the Janes defence intelligence group.

Marc Bennetts

The Times

TOPSHOT - Russian police officers guard the entrance to the penal colony N2, where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to serve a two-and-a-half year prison term for violating parole, in the town of Pokrov on April 6, 2021. - The Alliance of Doctors medical trade union said it would organise a protest outside the penal colony in Pokrov on Tuesday, demanding Navalny receive adequate medical treatment. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Navalny fears he has caught TB in prison

The jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a prison camp hospital with severe respiratory problems.

Marc Bennetts

LettersLetters

Dangerous times call for global alliances and leadership

The links between China, Russia and Iran grow despite tough talk from the US. Who can Australia trust in an age of uncertainty?

climate changeThe Wall Street Journal

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses on the occasion of the Day of the National Guard Troops, in Moscow, on March 27, 2021. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / Sputnik / AFP)

Biden invites Putin, Xi to meet over climate

President Biden has invited 40 world leaders to participate in a virtual climate summit in April, the White House said.

Ken Thomas

The Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 20, 2021 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow. - Canada on March 24, 2021 slapped new sanctions against nine Russian officials in response to

Jailed Navalny ‘woken eight times a night’

The jailed Russian opposition leader could end up on crutches if he is denied treatment for acute pain in his back and one leg.

Tom Parfitt

arms raceThe Times

The US Air Force recently sent a test missile from California to the Marshall islands, where its first hypersonic weapon was launched CLAYTON WEAR/US AIR FORCE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Test site rush may stall hypersonic missile

The Pentagon is spending $US15bn on developing hypersonic missiles to keep pace with similar projects in China and Russia.

Michael Evans

COMMENTARYThe Wall Street Journal

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 21: President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast with vodka during a signing ceremony on May 21, 2014 in Shanghai, China. Russia and China signed a thirty-year contract for supply of gas. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

America’s back … against a wall

Three problems stand in the way of Joe Biden’s plans for a rules-based international order.

Walter Russell Mead

WEEKEND ESCAPEThe Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a photograph next to an all-terrain rig during his holiday in Siberian federal district on March 21, 2021. - Russian President Vladimir Putin during a holiday in Siberia with Defence Minister piloted an all-terrain vehicle through thick woodland and traverssed a swaying rope bridge, Kremlin footage showed. (Photo by Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Action man Putin plays it cool in Siberia

After war of words with Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin heads to Siberia to show ‘love for Russia and its vast territory’.

Marc Bennetts

‘Killer’ commentThe Times

‘Takes one to know one’: Putin mocks Biden

Vladimir Putin hits back at Joe Biden for calling him a ‘killer’, challenges him to live debate about worsening US/Russia relations.

Marc Bennetts

Editorials

Biden is right to call out a tyrant

Russia’s Vladimir Putin remains a threat to Western democracies.

Editorial

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