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Putin’s Russian bear scents US blood
President Vladimir Putin has a number of guises – from ace fisherman to chopper pilot. His moves on Syria this week have only bolstered that fearsome self-image – and his ambitions for Russia.
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The Russian president was filmed at the bedside of people wounded in the suicide bomb attacks that killed 34 people on Monday.
Russia will retaliate, Putin tells the terrorists behind the deadly bus and train bombs in Volgograd. “Annihilation” awaits those who threaten Russia or the Winter Olympics, the president says.
As British members of the Arctic 30 return to the UK, video journalist Kieron Bryan says he will continue to raise awareness of Russian issues, despite narrowly avoiding 10 years in jail.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former tycoon and opponent of Vladimir Putin, is released from prison in north western Russia after ten years inside.
A day after the Russian parliament passes an amnesty law that may see the release of both Greenpeace and Pussy Riot protestors, President Putin announces he may release a leading political opponent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pays a visit to the Vatican for talks with Pope Francis. Warning: video contains flash photography.
Sir Paul McCartney has written to Vladimir Putin to calling for the release of a group of Greenpeace activists, arrested after a protest at an oil drilling rig.
President Vladimir Putin has a number of guises – from ace fisherman to chopper pilot. His moves on Syria this week have only bolstered that fearsome self-image – and his ambitions for Russia.
Vladimir Putin appeals directly to the nation in a US paper, calling on the American public to steer clear of “brute force” in Syria, as the Russian foreign minister prepares to meet with John Kerry.
Russia has been Syria’s main supplier of military hardware for the last 60 years – which means that if the US attacks Syria, it will face Russian missiles and fighter aircraft.
As the US Senate draft a resolution imposing a 90-day deadline on Syria, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warns the west against taking one-sided action.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismisses US claims that Syria’s regime used chemical weapons, describing them as “utter nonsense”.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny vows to win the Moscow mayoral election after his surprise release from prison.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin confirms that US whistleblower Edward Snowden is in transit in Russia, but is free to leave and will not be extradited to the US.
Though there were never great hopes of a significant breakthrough on Syria at the G8 summit, it’s not obvious that it has produced any sort of breakthrough at all.