Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pledged to establish an "independent" system to tackle doping in the country, but insisted again that the state had never run a drug cheating program. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Moscow opposed any new sanctions against the Syrian leadership as they would undermine peace efforts to end the country's protracted war. 

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for Russian intelligence agencies to bolster ties with their US counterparts in the fight against terrorism.

"Restoring dialogue with the special services of the United States and other NATO members is in our mutual interest," Putin told the country's FSB intelligence agency in a televised speech. 

The Kremlin on Monday urged U.S. network Fox News to apologize after its presenter called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a killer" while interviewing U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to improve floundering ties with Russia, while also reassuring close U.S. allies he supports NATO.

Trump faced a first legal defeat amid growing international alarm over his halt to refugees and travelers from certain Muslim majority countries, with a federal judge blocking part of the ban.

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked claims that Russia was behind an unsubstantiated dossier on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, saying its special services would not have spied on him during a 2013 visit to Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a "reduction" of Moscow's forces in Syria after Damascus and rebels inked a truce deal.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to probe the crash of a Syria-bound military plane carrying 92 people including more than 60 Red Army Choir members, the Kremlin said Sunday.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin welcomed the "Syrian army's victory against the terrorists in Aleppo" during a late-night phone call, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Syria's Bashar Assad Friday to congratulate him on completing the "liberation" of Aleppo, the Kremlin said.