Putin News

Early next week, Israeli PM Netanyahu will meet Russian President Putin in Sochi for what seems to be an attempt to dissuade the latter from sending S-300 anti-aircraft batteries to the Syrian armed forces. Chances for a successful mission seem small.

Boris A. Berezovsky, a former oligarch and ally of Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died in exile in the United Kingdom.

China's President Xi Jinping took his first trip abroad to Russia which is becoming an increasingly important country in an economic and a strategic manner for China's interests.

Former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, criticized the laws adopted during Vladimir Putin’s third presidential term as "attacks on the rights of citizens" and advised the current Russian President to make adjustments to his regime.

On March 2nd, thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow to support a ban on adoptions of Russian children by United States (U.S.) citizens.

Sergei Udaltsov, a key figure of the Russian opposition, was placed under a two-month house arrest by a Russian court on Saturday.

One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has been transferred from a women’s prison colony, where she is serving a two-year sentence, to a prison hospital, after complaining of suffering from severe headaches.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill prohibiting American citizens from adopting Russian children.

The 30th EU-Russia Summit held in Brussels on Thursday and Friday led to little consensus on key bilateral issues discussed, such as energy, trade and visa-free travel.

Mideast crisis continues as Russia admits to Bashar al-Assad 'losing control' of Syria. Syria's chemical weapons could be ready for usage as Assad's forces fire scud missiles at rebels. Assad could be removed from power before or during March 2013.