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Mali's military leader, Assimi Goita, revealed that he recently held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the current situation in Niger. Niger has experienced a coup by a junta, raising concerns in the…

South Africa said Thursday that the BRICS summit will go ahead as planned, amid speculation that it may be moved to China to allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend. The Russian leader was accused by the International Criminal…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believes key elements of their proposals are misguided. The African leaders were seeking agreement on a series…

President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of his Security Council on Friday that "ill-wishers" were increasingly trying to destabilise Russia and that this must be prevented. "We must do everything we can to make sure that under no…

South Africa’s leading opposition party says it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he were to attend a planned summit in the country. In March, the International Criminal Court…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks aimed at boosting bilateral trade relations with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Moscow. In a transcript released by the Kremlin, Putin told Dodik that bilateral trade with Dodik's…

Russia has claimed to have fully captured Ukraine’s Bakhmut, with President Vladimir Putin congratulating his troops and the mercenary Wagner Group for taking the largely levelled eastern city. The Russian announcement on Saturday came…

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing temporary control of the Russian assets of two foreign energy firms. The decree - outlining possible retaliation if Russian assets abroad are…

NATO has criticised Vladimir Putin for what it called his "dangerous and irresponsible" nuclear rhetoric, a day after the Russian president said he would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Putin announced the move on Saturday…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Mariupol in what would be his first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine's Donbas region since the start of the war. The visit came after Putin travelled to…