President Trump’s mysterious affinity for the Russian strongman has been a major card in Mr. Putin’s hand, one he has hoped to parlay into Washington’s support for the victory he seeks in Ukraine: the capture of the whole of the Donbas region and the neutralization of Ukraine.

April 26, 2026: Russian leader Vladimir Putin has caused numerous errors, driving down his support. As Russians’ rage about Putin’s moves to disable the Russian internet increases, Russian analysts are revealing more errors Putin has been making and surveys show his support declining to disastrous levels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, following an earlier call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a pause in some of the hostilities to observe the holiday.

Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore calm to the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kremlin quietly tried to delete footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin having a coughing fit and struggling to breathe mid-speech -- as rumors of his health woes ramp up.Putin ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday, calling the death, which came amid strikes from Israel and the U.S., a "cynical violation" of norms. Putin made the statement in a letter to Iranian ...

Youth obsessed Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is now bankrolling the “world’s first” anti-aging vaccine. Putin last week ordered his scientists to develop the forever-young vaccine, part of a budget of more than 2 trillion rubles — equivalent to more than $26 billion — for a national health project that includes the development of an anti-aging vaccine for a country facing a population decline.