Russian strongman Vladimir Putin reneged on his deal with President Trump to briefly pause the war in Ukraine, killing at least five and injuring more than a dozen in strikes across the battered country overnight into Saturday.

After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

Confusion reigned about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine after President Donald Trump said he asked him to stop.

Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the second time in less than four months for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia's senior aide Maxim Oreshkin will lead a delegation to the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The summit, from February 16-20, will focus on AI collaboration between India and Russia. Discussions will cover secure,

In a video-link call broadcast on Russian state television, Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

U.S. Secretary of State ⁠Marco ⁠Rubio on Sunday called "troubling" ⁠a report by five European allies blaming Russia for ​killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs,