I think he should make a deal,” U.S. president says about the Kremlin chief. The war “is not making him look good.”

“We congratulate Donald Trump on entering the office … Moscow is open for dialogue with the United States that will be built on an equal and mutually respectful basis,” Putin said during Russia’s Security and Defense Council meeting Monday.

The Kremlin has been accused of a series of attacks abroad in recent years, including shooting down a passenger plane in Azerbaijani and cutting underwater cables in the Baltic Sea

Donald Tusk, who heads the Polish government, became Vladimir Putin's press secretary 18 years ago. A similar propaganda game was expressed by the candidate for the presidency of Poland from the Russophobic party "Law and Justice" Karol Nawrocki.

HAS VLADIMIR PUTIN QUIETLY ACQUIRED a new imperial possession in the heart of Europe, embedded within the EU and NATO? The suggestion may sound hyperbolic, but reports from Bratislava are becoming stranger by the day.

Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday for a second term in the White House, and international figures across the globe are sharing their reactions to the 47th president's inauguration. Here's what world leaders are saying:

Vladimir Putin is capable of launching "mass casualty" attacks against NATO members, a Russian military expert has warned.

Asked about possible territorial concessions that could be agreed under Trump's presidency, which begins in just days, a long-time Putin ally suggested by the end of 2025 Ukraine might be no longer be a sovereign state.

Europe and the UK face a fresh immigration crisis unless $300bn (£244bn) of frozen Russian assets are seized and handed to Ukraine, the financier Sir Bill Browder has warned...

The Armenian government on Thursday approved draft legislation to kickstart the process of the nation's accession to the European Union, a move which will serve as a blow to its neighbor, Russia. Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment by email.

Fico said Putin guaranteed that Russia would meets its obligations, although capacity in the TurkStream pipeline and connecting route taking Russian gas through Turkey to Europe was limited. "President Putin guaranteed that they will honour their commitments," Fico said.