Putin accused the outgoing Obama administration of undermining legitimacy of Trump's election
Despite his convincing victory, they are trying to undermine him through fake allegations
Putin said he would wait for the actions of President-elect Donald Trump
The length of the natural gas pipeline is 358.7 km
Tensions between Russia and the West escalated after Russia's annexation in Crimea in 2014
He also condemned the attack in Berlin and recalled his proposal to present a common front against international terrorism
ichi Hagiuda did not give a reason as to why the gift had been rejected by Putin
Donald J Trump mystified many on the left and in the foreign policy establishment with his praise for Putin and his criticism of the Obama administration
The phone call came ahead of a meeting on Wednesday of OPEC ministers in Vienna for talks on reducing the cartel's output
The Kremlin continued a sweeping military modernisation drive even as Russia's economy entered a recession
It is necessary to continue the humanitarian pause in the war-ravaged city, says Putin
Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, is backing the pro-Moscow insurgency in eastern Ukraine
One of the first priorities of the new US President should be to restart a conversation with Moscow and manage its international aspirations
He shared his views unambiguously on terrorism, saying BRICS bloc was determined to cooperate in fight against terrorism
He said this in an interview ahead of his visit to Goa to attend the BRICS Summit
Hollande, speaking in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg, said Paris and Moscow had a "major disagreement" over Syria
Turkey had shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border last November
Putin had earlier charged that the US was not honouring the agreement by disposing of plutonium in a way that allowed it to retain its defence capabilities
What was life really like for ordinary Russians who lived through the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of Vladimir Putin? A Nobel prize-winning journalist offers some uncomfortable answers
British relations with Russia have soured in recent years, notably over Britain's efforts to prosecute the case of Alexander Litvinenko