The phone call came ahead of a meeting on Wednesday of OPEC ministers in Vienna for talks on reducing the cartel's output
The Kremlin continued a sweeping military modernisation drive even as Russia's economy entered a recession
It is necessary to continue the humanitarian pause in the war-ravaged city, says Putin
Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, is backing the pro-Moscow insurgency in eastern Ukraine
One of the first priorities of the new US President should be to restart a conversation with Moscow and manage its international aspirations
He shared his views unambiguously on terrorism, saying BRICS bloc was determined to cooperate in fight against terrorism
He said this in an interview ahead of his visit to Goa to attend the BRICS Summit
Hollande, speaking in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg, said Paris and Moscow had a "major disagreement" over Syria
Turkey had shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border last November
Putin had earlier charged that the US was not honouring the agreement by disposing of plutonium in a way that allowed it to retain its defence capabilities
What was life really like for ordinary Russians who lived through the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of Vladimir Putin? A Nobel prize-winning journalist offers some uncomfortable answers
British relations with Russia have soured in recent years, notably over Britain's efforts to prosecute the case of Alexander Litvinenko
The Russian president said he may recommend completing the plan when he meets Saudi Deputy Crown Prince at the G20 summit
Putin is to chair a meeting of his powerful security council in Crimea and visit a youth forum
He pledged not to leave the deaths of the two Russian officers unanswered
Turkish President's visit to Saint Petersburg is also his first foreign trip since the failed coup against him last month
Putin also expressed concerns about the safety of Russian tourists travelling in Turkey
They discussed the need to increase pressure on groups like Islamic State and the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria
Russia selected 11 host cities to be the venues for the matches of the 2018 World Cup