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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
In this photo provided by German government, US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the first working session of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Steffen Kugler/Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung via AP)
July 8, 2017, 7:43 pm
Putin thinks Trump ‘satisfied’ by his denial of election meddling
Russian leader hails first meeting with his US counterpart, says president's 'TV persona differs sharply from the real man'
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (AFP / SAUL LOEB)
July 7, 2017, 9:39 pm
Trump raises US election hacking in 1st meeting with Putin, who denies involvement
Russian FM says US president accepted counterpart's assurances there was no meddling; Tillerson claims Russians asked for proof of interference
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
'Caliph' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaks to Muslims in a mosque in Mosul, Iraq. (YouTube screen capture)
June 16, 2017, 10:41 am
Russia verifying whether it killed IS leader in airstrike
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi attended a meeting of IS leaders that was struck in late May near group's stronghold of Raqqa, military says
By Bassem Mroue and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 2, 2017. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)
June 2, 2017, 8:25 pm
Putin says claims he meddled in US elections ‘remind me of anti-Semitism’
Russian president says Democrats failed, won't acknowledge their mistakes, and so are 'taking internal US political squabbles into the international arena'
By ian phillips and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with heads of international news agencies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
June 1, 2017, 5:26 pm
Putin: Russian state has never been involved in hacking
'Russo-phobic hysteria' makes it 'somewhat inconvenient to work' with US but 'we are patient, we know how to wait'
By ian phillips and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Syrian boys ride bikes amid destroyed buildings in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on April 13, 2017. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)
April 15, 2017, 4:00 am
Russia, Iran and Syria issue warning to US
Countries warn of 'grave consequences' if Washington carries out further missile strikes against Assad regime
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a joint news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 28, 2017. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool photo via AP)
March 28, 2017, 11:29 pm
Russia and Iran discuss energy ties, Syrian settlement
Rouhani meets Putin, says two countries will 'strengthen cooperation in the fight against international terrorism'
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 10, 2017, 12:24 pm
Putin to host Erdogan for talks focusing on Syria
Turkish president's visit to Moscow comes after US, Russia, Turkey meet to coordinate operations against Islamic State
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
The Reichstag building in Berlin on May 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 22, 2017, 9:52 pm
Russia to build Reichstag model for kids to storm
Defense minister announces plans to encourage teenagers to attack mock German parliament at patriotic theme park
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with his cabinet at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia on February 17, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
February 17, 2017, 6:52 pm
Kremlin denies any disappointment with Trump administration
Putin spokesman says Russia 'never had any illusions,' rejects claims that state TV told to tone down praise for US president
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Visitors arrive for a party at a nightclub in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Twenty-four hours before Donald Trump is to be sworn in as president of the United States, people gathered at a Moscow nightclub to celebrate his inauguration.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
January 20, 2017, 7:55 pm
Russian political elites revel in Trump’s inauguration
New president's promises to fix relations with Moscow follow spiraling tensions over Ukraine, war in Syria, allegaged Russian meddling in US elections
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
In this frame grab made available by Russian Rossiya One TV Channel on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, a crane carries a fragment of a plane engine lifted by divers on a ship just outside Sochi, Russia. (Rossiya One TV Channel photo via AP)
December 29, 2016, 2:01 pm
Russian plane crash probe rules out explosion
Investigators haven't rejected possibility deliberate mechanical impact downed the Syria-bound military flight
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
This file photo taken on January 2, 2001 shows a Tupolev-154 (TU-154) aircraft. A Russian military Tu-154 plane crashed on December 25, 2016 in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 91 people on board ( AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV)
December 25, 2016, 12:56 pm
Russia rules out terrorism in military plane crash
No sign of survivors after Tu-154 crashes into Black Sea with 92 people on board, including most of popular military band
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
December 23, 2016, 6:19 pm
‘Nothing unusual’ in Trump’s nuclear comments, Putin says
On US election, Russian president says Obama's accusations of Russian hacking are an attempt to shift blame for Clinton's defeat
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, November 8, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
November 17, 2016, 6:56 pm
Kremlin accuses Obama team of trying to damage ties with Russia
Moscow says current administration 'doing everything it can to drive bilateral ties into deadlock' before incoming Trump government
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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