Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, receives a top breed puppy as a belated birthday gift from Turkmenistan's president who is keen to recover lost Russian markets for Turkmen gas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns of a global catastrophe unless a diplomatic solution is reached over North Korea, but rejects US calls for more sanctions as "useless", widening a split among major powers over how to rein in Pyongyang.

Russian President Vladimir Putin outlines his vision for strengthening the BRICS countries’ partnership in politics, the economy, culture and other areas.

President Donald Trump, battling allegations that Russia helped him win the White House, claims that Vladimir Putin actually would have preferred a Hillary Clinton victory.

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hold their first face-to-face meeting at a G20 summit marred by violent protests and a rift between America and its Western allies over climate change and trade.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hackers trying to influence last year's US election could have been from anywhere, questioning findings by American intelligence that Russia was behind the operation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that US President Donald Trump had not passed on any secrets to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Washington last week.

Levels of trust between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated since US President Donald Trump took office, Russian President Vladimir Putin says in an interview.

President Putin denies "any element of corruption" over the Panama Papers leaks, saying his opponents are trying to destabilise Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for an immediate halt to fighting after clashes broke out in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

French PM Manuel Valls urges Russia to stop bombing civilians while carrying out airstrikes in Syria - but Moscow denies harming them.

The surviving pilot of a Russian plane shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border says no warning was given, and the plane was inside Syrian airspace.

A wealthy Russian close to President Vladimir Putin has been found dead in a Washington hotel.

The Russian airline Kogalymavia blames "external influence" for Saturday's Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin defends Russia's military operations in Syria, saying the aim is to "stabilise the legitimate authority" of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkey again summons the Russian ambassador after a second violation of its airspace by a Russian warplane operating in Syria in two days.

President Vladimir Putin secures parliament's unanimous backing to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, paving the way for imminent Russian military intervention in its closest Middle East ally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama accuses each other over Syria in duelling UN speeches, as Moscow and Tehran mounted a fierce defense of Bashar al-Assad.

The General Debate in the 70th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 70) begins at the UN headquarters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.