In a speech, the Russian president called for his country to be more self-sufficient, implying that Russia's national pride had been strengthened, referring to tensions between the West and Moscow.

The President of Russia has said that the West, led by the United States, is trying to divide the country into dozens of different states by creating divisions between ethnic and national groups in Russia. 

At the fifth meeting of the secretaries of the Security Council of the countries of the region in Moscow, the President of Russia stated that the terrorist threat has intensified after the withdrawal of America from Afghanistan and said that the issue of Afghanistan has always been important for Russia and now its importance has doubled.

The White House said that, Joe Biden will attend next month’s COP27 United Nations climate summit in Egypt, vowing he would “highlight the need for the world to act.”

A blast on the strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula on Saturday brought down sections of road taking traffic in one direction.

Ukrainian forces were reported to be recapturing towns along the west bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine.

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries condemned Russia’s proclaimed annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

The President of Turkey says that his Russian counterpart has shown his desire to end the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible.

Vladimir Putin discussed the upcoming SCO summit in Uzbekistan with his Tajik counterpart in a phone call.

The United States will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion as early as Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the beginning of the conversation with his Turkish counterpart: the two countries have many bilateral projects to implement.

The presidents of Russia and Turkey are likely to meet in the near future on issues of common interest.

NATO faced rebukes from Moscow and Beijing after it declared Russia a “direct threat”.

Putin has underlined the need for giving all afghan ethnic groups a say in running the country.

Russian and Tajik presidents have agreed on boosting defence cooperation, on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan began talks in Moscow with the controversial sale of an air-defense system and the conflict in Syria high on their agenda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that Moscow would supply its ally with an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, Syrian Presidency announced.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will continue to strengthen its armed forces so that they are able to defend the sovereignty of the country and support allies. He said this while inspecting the troops at the Tsugol firing range, where the Vostok 2018 exercise was held.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has invited his American counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow for talks on a range of issues but that all conditions needed to be right for such a meeting to take place.

US President Donald Trump has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his electoral victory two days ago.