カテゴリー: Vladimir Putin
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, welcomes dozens of world leaders to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin and a series of other events that will culminate in a Beijing military parade to mark 80 years since the end of the second world…
Russian leader, continuing China visit, is joined by Slovakia’s Robert Fico. This live blog is closedIn the meantime, we have had an update from Ukraine where a man accused of murdering a pro-western Ukrainian politician in the city of Lviv last weeken…
Leaders of Russia, Iran and North Korea will be at event marking 80 years since defeat of Japan in second world warWhy are Putin and Kim at China’s Victory Day parade?Leaders from countries united in their opposition to the west will gather in Beijing …
The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will re…
China’s leader urges attendees to oppose ‘cold war mentality’ while Russian president claims Ukraine war was ‘provoked by the west’Xi Jinping has criticised the “bullying behaviour” of other countries while Vladimir Putin has blamed the west for his wa…
The gathering in Beijing will include the leaders of Russia and North Korea, along with the Iranian president, a grouping dubbed the axis of upheavalOn Wednesday, China is holding a military parade in the capital, Beijing, to mark 80 years since the en…
Chinese president hosts bilateral meetings on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in TianjinXi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have met on the sidelines of a showpiece summit in China that seeks to challenge US-led, western-dominated blocs…
Analysts say Putin and Xi will aim to align positions during Russian leader’s unusually long stayVladimir Putin will travel to China this weekend for what the Kremlin has called a “truly unprecedented” visit to his most important ally, which comes at a…
PM’s four-day trip, which includes Japan visit, comes as Delhi seeks to diversify trade and bolster ties with BeijingThe Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, will land in China this weekend for his first visit in seven years – a trip that puts him in …
The Victory Day parade in Beijing on 3 September will mark the formal surrender of Japan during the second world war. No western leaders will attendVladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are among the world leaders who will attend a military parade with Presid…
Soldiers who had returned from Russia were honoured with a concert and relatives of troops killed in action were among those to attend a banquetKim Jong-un has hailed North Korean troops fighting alongside Russia in the war in Ukraine as “heroes”, at a…
Letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule a sign of increasingly close ties between Russia and North KoreaRussian president Vladimir Putin hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as “heroic” in a letter to Kim …
Ukrainian president says ‘reliable peace essential for all’ after speaking to Polish PM on Friday morning, Trump’s deadline day for Russia to move towards a ceasefireChinese president Xi Jinping held a phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin o…
US president has been unusually reticent about plans to punish Russia if it does not agree to end Ukraine warEurope live – latest updatesAfter taking six months to conclude that Vladimir Putin may not be a kindred transactional authoritarian leader but…
Alex Watson writes that moralising over Putin and Netanyahu is nothing without enforceable law, while Ravishankar Kalyanasundaram says the ‘rules-based international order’ was curated by the westIn his opinion piece (From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always…