President Vladimir Putin impressed leaders by holding an Asian summit on an island off a revamped Pacific city but the surface shimmer hid underlying problems in the Russian Far East and the country as a whole.
One of the three members of punk band Pussy Riot jailed last month for a protest in a Russian cathedral launched a fierce new attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin in a magazine interview.
A group of British musicians including Pete Townshend and the Pet Shop Boys have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to give a fair trial to punk band Pussy Riot.
In February, five women walked silently into Moscow's Church of Christ the Saviour before clambering over railings, pulling on balaclavas and yelling out a protest song against Vladimir Putin.
Less than three months after starting his historic third term as Kremlin chief, President Vladimir Putin has imposed a new clampdown on civil society that is sending Russia to an uncertain future.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the scene of a recent flood that killed 172 people, berating officials for possibly deceiving him about the timeliness of their response.
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not budge Thursday during talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych aimed at easing a dispute over the price of Russia's gas.
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin talked about relations between Kazakhstan and Russia at the extended meeting in Kazakhstan President's residence.
The leaders of both countries discussed bilateral cooperation and development of interaction amid the integration and reviewed the international and regional problems.
This trip is called to stress the traditionally fraternal relations with one of the leading strategic partners and one of the leading allies of Russia in the post-Soviet space: Putin's assistant.
Vladimir Putin has stated that the EU has to consider the decision of Kazakhstan and Belarus to adopt the conditions of Russia’s entrance into WTO when deciding on these countries’ membership in the organization.