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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the closing address at the BRICS Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter.

    Ramaphosa, Putin agree to revisit nuclear deal issue in future

    President Ramaphosa says during their talks, the state of the SA’s ailing economy was mentioned and that it is not able to continue with the nuclear programme.

    998 days ago
  • A Youtube screengrab of US first lady Melania Trump after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Trump says his campaign was spied upon illegally, offers no evidence

    The FBI documents released on Saturday showed how in 2016 the bureau requested surveillance of the former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, as part of that investigation.

    1003 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are pictured ahead of their meeting in Helsinki, on 16 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Trump invites Putin to Washington despite US uproar over Helsinki summit

    What happened at Monday’s one-on-one between Trump and Putin with only interpreters present remained a mystery, even to top officials and US lawmakers who said they had not been briefed.

    1006 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    White House struggles to contain political outcry over Trump-Putin summit

    At a later briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the president was saying “no” to answering questions, not to the question itself.

    1007 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are pictured ahead of their meeting in Helsinki, on 16 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Trump, seeking to calm political storm over Putin summit, says he misspoke

    Standing alongside Putin in Helsinki, Trump told reporters he was not convinced it was Moscow. “I don’t see any reason why it would be,” Trump said.

    1008 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are pictured ahead of their meeting in Helsinki, on 16 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Trump stirs fierce criticism over his support for Russia on election meddling

    Although he faced pressure from critics, allied countries and even his own staff to take a tough line, President Trump spoke not a single disparaging word in public about Moscow.

    1009 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany on 7 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Trump and Putin to hold first summit talks as twitchy West looks on

    A probe over allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election has clouded Trump’s presidency.

    1010 days ago
  • FILE: Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 7 May 2018 after being re-elected as president. Picture: AFP

    Putin set to attend Brics summit in Johannesburg

    South Africa has this year assumed the rotating presidency of the grouping, which also includes Russia, China, Brazil and India.

    1013 days ago
  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) and staff speak at a breakfast meeting at the US chief of mission's residence in Brussels on 11 July 2018, ahead of a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) summit. Picture: AFP.

    After Trump's spending demands, Nato summit turns to Afghanistan

    Trump, in a late-night post on Twitter, wrote: “Billions of additional dollars are being spent by Nato countries since my visit last year, at my request, but it isn’t nearly enough.

    1014 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany on 7 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    When Donald meets Vladimir: the neophyte and the black belt

    Former US officials argue that Putin will come to the 16 July Helsinki summit armed with facts and figures, flaunting a familiar narrative of Russian grievance.

    1016 days ago
  • Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 7 May 2018 after being re-elected as president. Picture: AFP

    #WorldCup exit strips Putin of cover for pension reforms

    Russia’s unexpected passage to the quarter-finals — their best World Cup since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union — has captivated the nation and kept the reform out of mind.

    1018 days ago
  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP.

    World Cup has broken stereotypes about Russia - Putin

    Russia’s host nation status had been met with resistance by some in the West who suggested the tournament could be unsafe and play into the hands of President Vladimir Putin.

    1020 days ago
  • Police officers are seen standing guard outside a local pharmacy in Amesbury, nine miles north of Salisbury, southern England, on 4 July 2018 where two people were found unconscious at a residence in Amesbury in circumstances that caused a major incident to be declared were believed to have visited. Picture: AFP.

    2 Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Skripal was struck down

    The pair, a local 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, were hospitalised after being found unwell on Saturday in Amesbury, just miles away from Salisbury.

    1021 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany on 7 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials: security aide

    John Bolton said he discussed concerns about Russian meddling in the US elections with Putin during his visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

    1024 days ago
  • Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 7 May 2018 after being re-elected as president. Picture: AFP

    Deal struck for Putin-Trump summit, Helsinki possible venue

    Trump confirmed that Helsinki was a possible site. Other officials said the Russians were pushing for the summit to be in the Austrian capital of Vienna.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Taxi runs into crowd in central Moscow, 7 people injured - TASS cites source

    According to preliminary information, seven people were injured, TASS cited the source as saying.

    1040 days ago
  • Russia’s Aleksandr Golovin (not pictured) scores their fifth goal from a free kick. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Russia crush sorry Saudi Arabia in World Cup opener

    The result equalled the best in a World Cup opening game and President Vladimir Putin wasted no time in phoning coach Stanislav Cherchesov to congratulate him.

    1042 days ago
  • The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow to host the opening and final matches of the 2018 Fifa World Cup. Picture: @FIFAWorldCup/Twitter

    Fireworks, Putin at 2018 Fifa World Cup opening ceremony

    An estimated 80,000 people, including Russian president Vladimir Putin, have packed the stadium.

    1042 days ago
  • Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. Picture: @StarshinaZapasa/Twitter

    Prominent Russian journalist who criticised Kremlin shot dead in Kiev

    Arkady Babchenko, 41, died of his wounds in an ambulance after his wife found him covered in his blood in their home, police said.

    1057 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the emergency services, wearing protective coveralls and breathing equipment, work alongside members of the British Army as a vehicle is loaded onto the back of a British Army lorry amid investigations in connection with a nerve agent attack in the city on 4 March. Picture: AFP

    Doctors who treated Skripals uncertain about their long-term health

    Staff at Salisbury hospital, where they were treated, told the BBC that some started to wonder whether they too would fall victim to the nerve agent.

    1058 days ago
  • Energy Minister Jeff Radebe. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa appoints Radebe as president of SA for 2 days

    This comes as Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy, David Mabuza, take on international work trips.

    1072 days ago
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