The new round of negotiations comes amid a long history of delaying tactics by the Russian side as the fighting in Ukraine ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy comments mark the latest move in a weekend-long exchange of proposals from both sides ...

They said that if President Vladimir V. Putin did not agree to the cease-fire, more sanctions would be imposed.

Russia celebrated the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in an annual parade that filled Red Square with military hardware and dozens of foreign leaders. Vladimir Putin once ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that ...

During a time when mysticism was growing in popularity, Rasputin gained a reputation as a healer, eventually attracting the attention of Tsarina Alexandra, wife of Tsar Nicholas II. Desperate to find ...

The Government was accused of double standards in exchanges where they were accused of paying “tsar” salaries that would please a “Russian oligarch”. Opposition politicians criticised ...

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The 1978 hit Ra Ra Rasputin by Boney M is based on the life of Grigori Rasputin, a mystic who gained influence over Russia’s royal family during the early 20th century. Rasputin’s controversial rise ...

But any off-ramp to the economic tensions will likely run through He, who is Xi's Sino-American trade tsar. Reuters interviewed 13 foreign investors and diplomats who met with He over the past year.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -He Lifeng, a longtime confidant of Chinese President Xi Jinping who has slowly cultivated a reputation among foreign investors as a key fixer, will take centre stage ...

Her father has been described as ‘Putin’s brain’ and his beard and position have led some to dub him as the famous mystic Grigori Rasputin.