Putin's decree on Thursday leaves Europe facing the prospect of losing more than a third of its gas supply.
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that 'unfriendly' countries, including all EU members, will need to set up ruble accounts to pay for gas deliveries from April
Putin's move, via a decree signed on Thursday, leaves Europe facing the prospect of losing more than a third of its gas supply.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that European partners can continue paying for Russian gas in euros, a government statement said
President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has been a "strategic blunder" that has weakened Russia and left it "increasingly isolated" on the world stage, according to the White House.
The United States has information that Russian President Vladimir Putin felt mislead by his military, the White House said adding that the Ukraine war has been a strategic blunder.
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed gas payment issues and Russia-Ukraine talks during a telephone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday.
Volodymyr Zelensky discussed specific defensive support with US President in an hour-long call on Wednesday
The official did not detail underlying evidence for how US intelligence made the determination
India seeks a 'purposeful engagement' in negotiations between the two sides as war continues.
Having been part of the Soviet Union until 1991, Ukraine's relations with Russia have ebbed and flowed over the years
At least 12 people were killed and 33 others injured in an airstrike carried out by Russia's forces on a regional administration building in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mykolayiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are likely to meet only after an agreement is ready for signing, the head of Russia's negotiation team, said
Russia has offered to buy back dollar bonds maturing next week in roubles in a move seen by analysts as helping local holders of the $2 billion sovereign issue receive payment
The cost of direct damage to Ukraine's public buildings, bridges, roads, civilian and military infrastructure caused by the attacks is estimated at about 270 billion dollars
Putin and Macron paid particular attention to humanitarian issues in Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a Kremlin statement.
Western officials say Russia is building up troops in eastern Ukraine, but it's too soon to say whether Moscow's claim to be scaling back operations around Kyiv is true
Vladimir Putin's recent order to charge "unfriendly" countries in rubles for Russian gas has boosted the currency after it fell to all-time lows when the West imposed sanctions against Moscow
Russian negotiators earlier on Tuesday gave an undertaking to sharply scale back military activity around Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv