21:13, Fri, Oct 24, 2025 Updated: 21:19, Fri, Oct 24, 2025 Vladimir Putin was dealt a major blow this week after Donald Trump slapped punitive sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies. The sanctions targeted Rosneft and Lukoil which between them ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

President Donald Trump canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, due to insufficient progress toward peace negotiations, the White House said.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure. The test included the launch of a land-based "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile from a cosmodrome,

One big success on that front this week was US President Trump's decision to impose sanctions on Russia's top oil producers, Lukoil and Rosneft. Putin has admitted they may have "certain consequences", even if he claims they won't hit the Russian economy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized new U.S. sanctions against Russian oil companies but said they would not “significantly affect our economic wellbeing.” He also questioned President Trump’s decision to cancel a meeting in Hungary,

Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, on Friday confirmed that he was in the United States for a long-planned meeting, proof he said that U.

For months, President Donald Trump resisted calls to slap new sanctions on Russia, believing he could end the war in a deal with Vladimir Putin — including with a quick peace summit in the coming weeks in Budapest.