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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

US President Richard M. Nixon, right, and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev drink a toast at the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 1973. The toast comes after the two leaders signed a pact to limit offensive nuclear arsenals. (AP)
February 4, 2026, 11:04 am
Ending half-century of arms control, US-Russian nuclear pact set to expire
Expiration of New START Treaty on Thursday has arms control advocates concerned over a new Russia-US arms race that would foment global instability
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Harriet Morris
This combination photo shows US President Donald Trump in a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo, Files)
July 3, 2025, 10:53 pm
Putin and Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in ‘frank’ phone call, Kremlin official says
Russian leader stresses need to resolve Middle East differences ‘exclusively by political and diplomatic means,’ vows to remove ‘root causes’ of Ukraine conflict, his top aide says
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev arrives to attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. (Alexey Maishev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 23, 2023, 3:19 pm
Russia’s security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats
Medvedev declares relations with West ‘worst in history,’ warns chances of ‘nuclear apocalypse’ grow each day Ukraine receives foreign-supplied weapons
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an official welcome ceremony at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. (Alexey Maishev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 21, 2023, 9:23 pm
Putin hosts China’s Xi Jinping in the Kremlin with imperial palace pageantry
Pair hold series of highly choreographed encounters, including 7-course banquet; discuss ‘strategic cooperation’ and reducing reliance on Western markets
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
In this handout photo provided by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation, Russian lawmakers attend a session of the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, November 23, 2022. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation via AP)
February 22, 2023, 2:44 pm
Russian lawmakers endorse suspension of nuclear pact with US
Parliament ratifies partial withdrawal from New START treaty; deputy head of Russia’s Security Council threatens nuclear strike if pushed by West
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Sept. 30, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
October 1, 2022, 2:25 am
Putin invokes Satan, slavery, Goebbels, nukes to denounce West in annexation speech
Russian president slams US and its allies for colonialist history, links hands with leaders of Moscow-backed Ukrainian regions in show of unity after signing accession treaties
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
In this image taken from a YouTube footage released by Armenian Defense Ministry, Azerbaijanian servicemen cross the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and approaching the Armenian positions, September 13, 2022. (Armenian Defense Ministry via AP)
September 14, 2022, 9:23 am
Death toll reaches 99 in fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan flareup
Armenia loses 49 soldiers, Azerbaijan 50, in renewed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh; UN, Russia urge calm
By AVET DEMOURIAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September 7, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency Host Pool Photo via AP)
September 7, 2022, 4:45 pm
Putin mocks West, vows Russia will press on ‘until the end’ in Ukraine
Russian president claims ‘it wasn’t us who started the military action’; hints at halting energy export if ‘stupid’ Western price cap on Moscow’s oil and gas takes force
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
People stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, September 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
September 3, 2022, 1:06 pm
Russians pay last respects to Gorbachev at funeral snubbed by Putin
Hundreds say farewell to the Soviet Union’s last leader at Moscow ceremony that the Kremlin refused to declare a state funeral
By Jim Heintz and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives at the German-Russian Petersburg Dialogue conference in Dresden on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
September 1, 2022, 2:59 pm
Putin won’t attend Gorbachev funeral, says he’ll pay private tribute instead
Decision to skip official event reflects Kremlin’s ambivalence about legacy of leader who ended Cold War but led to 1991 Soviet collapse, plunging millions into poverty
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 29, 2022, 1:38 pm
Russia and China to conduct sweeping joint military drills
War games begin amid increased tension between the West and both Moscow and Beijing after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Nancy Pelosi’s August visit to Taiwan
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Investigators work on the site of explosion of a car driven by Daria Dugina outside Moscow, August 21, 2022. (Investigative Committee of Russia via AP)
August 22, 2022, 3:49 pm
Russia blames Ukraine for car bombing that killed daughter of ‘Putin’s brain’
Russian intelligence agency alleges killing of Daria Dugina was ‘prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services’; Kyiv has denied involvement
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greet each other as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stands at right, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 19, 2022, 5:24 pm
Isolated by West, Putin arrives in Tehran to deepen Russia-Iran relations
Russian president expected to discuss faltering nuclear talks with Raisi, as well as sit down with visiting Turkish leader Erdogan
By Nasser Karimi and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, back to a camera, on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on June 29, 2022. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
July 19, 2022, 11:13 am
Putin heads to Iran for talks with Raisi and Erdogan, in shadow of Ukraine war
Leaders set to discuss Syria war; gathering is opportunity for Russian president to meet Turkish counterpart, in bid to unblock grain export from Ukraine following invasion
By Nasser Karimi and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
March 1, 2022, 9:19 am
Reading Putin: Unbalanced or cagily preying on West’s fears?
Russian leader’s actions in Ukraine leave officials wondering whether he comprehends or cares about cataclysmic consequences
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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