Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on his US election victory in a wide-ranging speech that was followed by a three-hour marathon question-and-answer session.

Vladimir Putin’s skiing joke may hark back to the Soviet era – but so did a lot of his speech Warnings of nuclear war fuelled by the Western war-mongers, praise for Russian entrepreneurs and ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking office hours before Trump's inauguration in Washington and said he was open to dialogue ...