MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday with almost 74 percent of the vote, according to an official exit poll, with the opposition reporting ballot stuffing and other cases of alleged fraud. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, stood against ...

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin will return to the Kremlin with 69 percent of the vote, according to the last survey by state pollsters before the Russian presidential election on Sunday. The figure has dipped from highs of 77 percent shortly after Putin announced his candidacy in December, but there is ...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off an annual press conference Thursday, his first major public appearance since announcing he would seek a new six-year term in March 2018 elections.The marathon event has in the past lasted up to almost five hours and this year more than 1,600 ...