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Moscow invites Kim Jong Un for official visit as Pyongyang rejects calls to halt nuclear tests

Moscow and Pyongyang have drawn markedly closer in recent years, with North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (L) after their bilateral meeting on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025.

Putin’s and Iran’s Caspian Sea plans have backfired. Here’s how – opinion

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attend a meeting at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026.

Putin pledges support for Iran in talks with Araghchi in Russia, says he wants peace soon

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a documents signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2025.

Putin says Russia is 'loyal friend, reliable partner' of Iran's Islamic regime in Nowruz message


Russia signals openness to the US, could that change the Middle East?

Where could the “bilateral cooperation continue,” as the Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated it might? On Iran, Russia sees US steps so far as pragmatic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a meeting on the sidelines of a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council In Yerevan, Armenia October 1, 2019

Netenyahu, Putin discuss tensions in Syria over Iranian entrenchment

Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz met Sergey Lavrov in Rome earlier in the day, where the matter was also raised.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

U.S.'s Pompeo to hold talks on Iran in Brussels ahead of Russia trip

Pompeo will hold talks with European officials on Iran and other issues on Monday before heading to Russia.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo speaks to students at the American University in Cairo

Disagreements begin to emerge between Moscow, Tehran regarding Syria

According to a report, sources close to the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow identified previous Israeli raids on Iranian positions in central Syria, "but did not respond."

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a meeting in Tehran, Iran November 1, 2017.

Washington Watch: Start worrying, details to follow

Trump, the most inconsistent and uninformed president in recent history, may be much more of a threat to the Jewish state than its embattled prime minister realizes.

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk as Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (R) looks on, during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017

Netanyahu meets with Putin, expresses concern over Iran's role in Syria

"We cannot forget for a single minute that Iran threatens every day to annihilate Israel," said the Israeli prime minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sochi, Russia August 23, 2017.

PM Netanyahu to meet Putin over Iranian presence in Syria

Netanyahu and Putin have kept in close contact in recent years, with the Israeli leader visiting Moscow four times in the last 16 months.

THE TIES between Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been characterized as straightforward, open and built on personal trust

Trump calls on Putin to distance Russia from Syria and Iran

Two leaders face first tête-à-tête today.

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Netanyahu in Moscow leverages Putin Purim greeting to slam Iran

Today, Netanyahu said, Iran – the continuation of ancient Persia – has similar designs: to wipe out the state of the Jews.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, March 9, 2017

Russia claims it is being targeted for cyber strikes by foreign services, following US election

The report comes on the heels of the US election campaign, from which allegations have emerged of Russian hacking against the US.

Russian servicemen representing the Kremlin Regiment march during a military parade rehearsal in Moscow's Red Square.