Putin claims he was ready to end war 18 months ago – but Boris Johnson scuppered peace talks
The Russian president gave his first interview with Western media since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
The Russian president gave his first interview with Western media since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met the Russian leader at the start of a five-day visit.
A parliamentary committee in Dublin is assessing the implications of the UK Illegal Migration Act on the Good Friday Agreement.
Putin described Yevgeny Prigozhin as ‘a man of difficult fate’ who had ‘made serious mistakes in life’.
Lucy Powell said the Match of the Day presenter tweeted something the government didn't like and was taken off air for it.
‘It’s they who have started the war and we are using force to end it,’ Mr Putin said in a speech broadcast by all Russian state TV channels.
The official dispatch raises doubts over the accuracy of Johnson's recollections.
The former prime minister alleged that the Russian President appeared to threaten him in the days before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian president reportedly told Boris Johnson ‘I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute’.
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