President Donald Trump has threatened to impose high levels of tariffs and sanctions on Russia if they do not end the "ridiculous" war in Ukraine.

VLADIMIR Putin has sensationally claimed the bloody war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Donald Trump hadn’t had the 2020 US presidential election “stolen” from him.

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election that Western governments rejected as a sham.

I would say they are pragmatic and trusting relations. I can’t help but agree with him that if his victory had not been stolen in 2022, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022.

Putin said, "I couldn't disagree with him that if he had been president, if they hadn't stolen victory from him in 2020, the crisis ... of interest to both the United States and Russia based ...

By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Berlin President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday brushed ... Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election. “I cannot but agree with him that ...

Russian President Vladimir ... Trump and Putin, the American president on Wednesday called on Putin to make a deal to end the war with Ukraine or face more sanctions from the United States and ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years of sweeping repressions.

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin who allowed the Russian ... care whether the West recognised the election. The European Union and the United States both said they did not acknowledge ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed admiration for former U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him “smart” and “pragmatic” in handling economic matters, particularly oil prices. Putin also suggested that the Ukraine crisis might have been avoided if Trump had won the 2020 election.

The vote takes place five years after the turbulent 2020 election which saw ... regarded a stooge to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin - allowed Russian forces to invade Ukraine through ...

As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.