#vladimir-putin

#vladimir-putin

China's leader, Xi Jinping, will attend the parade alongside 26 visiting heads of state. Among the notable guests: Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. Seating arrangements will be closely watched a photo-op of Xi, Putin and Kim side by side would be a powerful image. Other attendees include Belarus president Aleksandr Lukashenko, Iran's president Masoud Pezashkian and South Korea's National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik.

Pence said that serving alongside Trump for four years has given him a unique perspective on Trump's style in dealing with dictators and authoritarians.

For a quarter of a century, Russian media have cultivated a myth of Vladimir Putin's inspired leadership, portraying him as a wise corrector of errors.

Valery Gergiev, a close ally of Putin since the early 1990s, is scheduled to perform in Italy for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine.

Roman Starovoit, a former transport minister in Russia, was found dead with a gunshot wound near his car hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.

I am waiting to see who will come from Russia, and then I will determine what steps Ukraine should take. So far, their signals in the media are unconvincing.

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow for Victory Day underscores the deepening ties between China and Russia, framed as a partnership against Western 'hegemonic bullying'.