Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, eager to resolve a row that has haunted ties with Moscow since World War Two, has told Russian President Vladimir Putin the United States would not put troops on disputed islands if they are handed over to Japan, a newspaper reported on Friday.

Vice President Mike Pence and Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed the Trump administration's plans to exit a nuclear arms treaty during a brief meeting on Thursday in Singapore, The Hill reports. According to Reuters, Putin told reporters at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit that he discussed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty and Iran with Pence.President Donald Trump confirmed last month that he planned to withdraw from the treaty, which was struck during the Cold War. It bans nuclear and conventional ground-launch ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 and 3,400 miles. The United States has accused Russia of violating the...

VLADIMIR Putin and US Vice President Mike Pence met to discuss Donald Trump’s plans to pull out of a nuclear arms treaty.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he discussed Washington's plans to exit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) arms treaty with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence when they met in Singapore on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that everyone should be free to decide whether or not to attend the Davos World Economic Forum, commenting on a report that three Russian businessmen had been barred from the event over sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of an international conference in Singapore on Thursday, a source in the Russian delegation there said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin last week poked the nest of anxieties over the use of artificial intelligence to gain power in a video address to students at 16,000 selected schools. "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind," he said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to step up the pace of talks to end a decades-old territorial dispute, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he wants to discuss a peace treaty with Russia and the North Korean issue with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

A report says President Vladimir Putin's childhood friend is set to win a massive seaport contract.