DefenceTalkMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired off an angry tirade against Turkey on Thursday, ruling out any reconciliation with its leaders and accusing Ankara of shooting down a Russian warplane to impress the United States. In comments littered with crude language, Putin dismissed the possibility that the downing of the warplane over the Turkey-Syria border […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-rules-out-reconciliation-with-turkey-66131/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russia on Monday said a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan penciled in for December 15 had been cancelled, with ties between the two leaders in tatters over the downing of a Russian warplane. The meeting between the two leaders had been agreed at the G20 summit in Turkey […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-russia-summit-canceled-kremlin-66082/

DefenceTalkBeirut: Russia said Thursday its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while President Vladimir Putin criticized Washington for not cooperating over the conflict. As Moscow and Washington neared agreement on measures to avoid confrontation over Syria, Russia announced that a hotline had been set […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-regime-in-new-offensive-as-putin-blasts-us-65642/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday about the possibility of a political solution in Syria, where Moscow has been conducting airstrikes since late September The two huddled in the southern Russian city of Sochi and were joined by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Energy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-meets-saudi-prince-on-political-solution-in-syria-65593/

DefenceTalkUnited Nations: President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia had not ruled out air strikes in support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s forces in their battle against jihadist rebels. “We are thinking about it. We don’t rule anything out. But if we are to act it will only be fully respecting international legal norms,” he […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-does-not-rule-out-russian-strikes-in-syria-65495/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ministers to agree a deal with Belarus so that Moscow can establish an air base in the ex-Soviet country, as Kremlin’s ties with the West remain at a post-Cold War low over the Ukraine crisis. The creation of a Russian military air base on the doorstep of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-putin-air-base-belarus-65448/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders on Wednesday including China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies. Putin is to hold bilateral talks with leaders of the other BRICS countries — China, Brazil, South Africa and India — in the city […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-hosts-brics-summit-amid-standoff-with-west-64852/

DefenceTalkChina’s authoritarian President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin share similar views on issues from human rights to Mikhail Gorbachev, in an increasingly close personal relationship that mirrors their countries’ converging interests. Putin arrives in Beijing Sunday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and his 10th meeting with Xi since the Chinese president […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-dragon-and-the-bear-xi-putin-form-power-duo-at-apec-60980/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to pull thousands of troops from the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said ahead of key talks on a fragile truce in the ex-Soviet country. “The head of state has tasked the defence minister with beginning to bring troops back to their permanent bases,” the Kremlin […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-orders-troop-pullback-from-ukraine-border-kremlin-60749/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday promised Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to speed up the delivery of billions of dollars in arms and invited Cairo to forge free trade ties with a Moscow-led customs bloc. The two strong-willed leaders have developed a warm working relationship since Putin gave his backing to Sisi’s presidential run […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-vows-to-boost-arms-sales-to-egypt-60348/