VLADIMIR PUTIN

The French president urged the Russian leader to investigate the alleged crackdown on gay and bisexual men.

Following talks with Putin, Russia and France will also set up a "working group" to fight terrorism in Europe.

McCain thinks Putin is the 'premier and most important threat' to the US.

The newly elected French president said it is important to engage with Russia but also promised to be tough with Putin.

Senior senator Viktor Ozerov said the attack could have been avoided without political games.

The New York Times has reported that Trump's comments came at a meeting in the Oval Office on 10 May.

Cargo-passenger ferry service linking North Korea's Rajin and Russia's Vladivostok completes maiden voyage.

The exact nature of how the recording was obtained is unknown.

Putin said: "The initial source of this virus is the United States security agencies."

Dmitry Alushkin denied gay men are being detained and tortured in the Russian region.

The Russian president takes part in the inauguration of China's ambitious One Belt, One Road summit.

Moscow's pilot performed a 'greeting' manoeuvre to the US Navy's surveillance aircraft P-8A Poseidon.

The Russian LGBT Network has helped around 40 people flee the Russian region.

The meeting comes against a backdrop of allegations of Russian interference in US elections and firing of FBI director James Comey.

The Late Show host also rejected accusations of homophobia.

Gay men and children face persecution as part of an anti-LGBT purge in the Russian region.

Syrian conflict and Ukrainian crisis are set to dominate the Putin-Merkel talks.

Demonstrations against the Russian president took place in central Moscow and St Petersburg.

Russian and Japanese leaders say 'belligerent rhetoric' must be avoided.

Fancy Bear, or APT28, is known to target governments and political figures.

Putin had allegedly asked the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies to draw a plan that would support Trump.