The Kremlin has been discussing Donald Trump's claims that a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin is being set up.

"I haven't yet seen president Assad since his arrival in Moscow," says Russian President Vladimir Putin, "but I plan to, I will definitely speak with him". The toppled Syrian leader fled to Moscow ...

Assad is believed to have been given safe passage to Moscow as rebels closed in on Damascus last weekend. Russian intelligence reportedly had to persuade him to leave in last moment drama ...

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin denied ... operations there since the toppling of his ally Bashar al-Assad. Putin, addressing multiple questions on Syria at a marathon ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has shrugged off Assad’s ouster but Laessing said his fall was a real blow to Putin’s Africa ambitions. African governments that have leaned towards Moscow for ...

President Vladimir Putin says Russia ... fled to the Russian capital, but that he “will definitely talk to him” and planned to meet him in Moscow. He mentioned he would ask al-Assad about ...

Reports circulating widely in Turkish media ... al-Assad last week, the former Syrian president never intended to flee Syria, but had instead been airlifted from a Russian military base at Moscow ...