Comes as South Korea’s military says North Korea is preparing to send more troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Darya Korsunskaya, Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict,

Russia’s president flattered his American counterpart as “smart” and “pragmatic,” and repeated Mr. Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an interview that he is open to meeting with President Trump to discuss topics that are of interest to both Moscow and Washington, including the

On Jan. 22, posts on the social media platform X alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to extradite Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the U.S. president from 2021 to 2022, to Russia as part of a deal to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The posts provided no evidence to support the claim.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.

Rep. Michael McCaul, former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is working to raise awareness about Ukrainian children taken into Russia.

President Donald Trump, on a visit Friday to hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina, said he would condition aid to California following the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, which he’s set to view later today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has echoed President Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine and about the Republican's 2020 election loss.