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Lithuania strips Russian ballerina Ilze Liepa of her Lithuanian citizenship after she openly shows her sympathies for President Vladimir Putin.
2024-03-7

During a CIS Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will offer to mediate a ceasefire.
2023-10-13

The North Korea–Russia summit is held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, lasting for four hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a reciprocal summit in North Korea.
2023-09-13

Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete at the upcoming French Open as neutral athletes. However, players who speak in support for Russian President Vladimir Putin will face sanctions.
2022-05-12

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia is open to peace talks with Ukraine. However, he also urged Ukraine to meet Russian demands.
2022-03-4

Russian President Vladimir Putin tells Chinese President Xi Jinping that Russia is willing to hold talks with Ukraine.
2022-02-25

A friend of poisoned exiled Russian spy Sergei Skripal claims Skripal had written to Vladimir Putin asking to return to Russia. Russia denies receiving such a letter.
2018-03-24

Russian President Vladimir Putin deploys the nuclear-capable Iskander mobile short-range ballistic missile system to the Russian Kaliningrad exclave between Poland and Lithuania.
2016-10-8

Following his meeting at Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's residence, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia would respect Finland's choice whether to join NATO, though as part of NATO's military infrastructure, Finnish Defence Forces would overnight be at the borders of the Russian Federation. Putin and Niinistö call for improved security in Baltic airspace where Russian and Western aircraft have had close encounters in recent months.
2016-07-1

The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament and ally of Vladimir Putin, Boris Gryzlov, resigns.
2011-12-14