Vladimir Putin

Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper he had offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

But he also said he was trying to understand why Russia had reacted as it had. He told Corriere he felt he was too removed to judge the morality of resupplying the Ukrainian armed forces from the West. But we still have not had a response and we are still pushing, even if I fear that Putin cannot and does not want to have this meeting at this moment,” Francis was quoted as saying by Corriere della Sera.

In a phone call Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for incendiary comments made by the Kremlin's top ...

If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. For as little as $6/month, you will: Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday for a discussion on the comments, which Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called “unforgivable.” Lavrov made the remarks in an interview with an Italian news outlet while attempting to justify the oft-repeated Russian talking point that it invaded Ukraine in an effort to “de-Nazify” a country led by a Jewish president. “The prime minister accepted the apology of President Putin for comments by Lavrov and thanked him for clarifying the president’s view of the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust,” Bennett’s office said. Israel — along with many Western nations — harshly criticized Lavrov for comments made on Sunday claiming that “Hitler also had Jewish blood” and that “some of the worst antisemites are Jews.” The comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claiming that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood,” and the following back-and-forth between Israel and Russia, marked the worst flare-up between the countries since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for comments that his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made about Hitler and Jews earlier this week in a phone ...

Putin and Bennet also discussed the situation in Ukraine, including the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal steel plant. CNN has asked Putin's spokesman if the Russian president apologized to Bennett. Russia's ambassador to Israel was subsequently summoned to Israel's foreign ministry for talks.

Moscow's top diplomat Sergey Lavrov sparked outrage when he claimed Hitler may have had 'Jewish blood' during remarks about Ukraine leader Zelensky.

Bennett accepted Putin's apology over Lavrov's remarks that Hitler 'had Jewish blood' and thanked him for clarifying the Russian president's position, ...

The wise Jewish people said that the most ardent antisemites are usually Jews." "The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood. Putin said that Russia was still ready to provide safe passage for civilians to leave the plant and called on Kyiv to order Ukrainian fighters holed up in Azovstal to put down their weapons. During a week when we are remembering the Holocaust, of all weeks, the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov chooses to spread lies, terrible lies, which smell of antisemitism. “The truth is I read them several times,” he recounted. Bennett accepted Putin's apology for Lavrov's remarks and thanked him for clarifying the Russian president's attitude toward the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust, Bennett's office said in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologized for his foreign minister's comments claiming Adolf Hitler ...

“When they say, ‘What sort of nazification is this if we are Jews,’ well I think that Hitler also had Jewish origins, so it means nothing,” Lavrov told Italy’s Rete 4 channel, speaking through an Italian interpreter. Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week for saying Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots, describing the remarks as an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologized for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.

As Victory Day, 9 May, approaches in Russia, Vladimir Putin has yet to win any prize in two months of war in Ukraine that can be shown off to the Russian ...

“So far it’s impossible to hold the Immortal Regiment or the Victory Parade in Donetsk or Luhansk, but that time will come, and will come soon,” he said. “Mariupol, according to [Russia’s] plans, should become the centre of ‘celebrations’,” Ukraine’s defence intelligence agency said in a statement. Ukrainian intelligence has claimed that Russia is planning to hold part of its key Victory Day parade in the city.

A luxury superyacht that US officials have linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been refueled after spending months in an Italian harbor for repairs ...

Being docked in Italy could put the yacht at risk of detention by authorities in accordance with EU sanctions. US officials said in March that the superyacht could belong to the Russian president, per another Times report. They added that the vessel would probably first have to undergo sea trials for equipment checks.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for controversial remarks about the ...

"The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism." Israel and Moscow co-ordinate their actions in Syria to avoid coming into conflict. The Nazis and their collaborators killed six million Jews during the Second World War. However, the Russian statement about the call made no mention of an apology. "In my opinion, Hitler also had Jewish origins, so it doesn't mean absolutely anything. "The prime minister accepted President Putin's apology for Lavrov's remarks and thanked him for clarifying the president's attitude toward the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust," Bennett's office said in a statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is rumored to have cancer, but regardless of whether that is true, local experts warned it could distract from the war in.

"So it's one of those, we'll have to wait and see what happens, but it's hard to interpret it either as good or bad at this point." "Obviously, Putin is a mortal man and sooner or later he will die. Because the reality is, we'll never know why somebody like that makes the decisions they take." As people know, Putin is extremely careful about disclosing any kind of personal information about himself." This barrage of disinformation and propaganda makes it difficult to determine whether or not Putin does have cancer. "I think we need to take it with a big grain of salt at this point," Kotsyuba said.

In a new video, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained why you can't always rely on Wikipedia when state-backed media is available.

The Kremlin briefly blocked Wikipedia in 2015 after demanding the site limit access to articles about drugs. Wikipedia remains up, but is constantly fighting with the Kremlin. Why the site remains up is a mystery. Putin is, presumably, upset that Russians still have a place online where they can go to learn the details of their country’s disastrous war in Ukraine.

Alina Kabaeva likely to join Patriarch Kirill, who supports war in Ukraine, on draft document of travel bans and asset freezes.

He is described on the EU sanctions list as “leading the actions of his military unit and nicknamed ‘butcher of Bucha’, due to his direct responsibility in killings, rapes and torture”. The Breguet watch, estimated to be worth $30,000 (£19,000 in 2012 prices), had been removed from Kirill’s wrist, but its reflection remained visible in the highly-polished table. EU officials are also targeting the immediate family of Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, who was sanctioned in a previous round. He is a majority shareholder of Severstal, Russia’s biggest steel company, and during the pandemic rescued Tui, Europe’s largest tour operator. She was an MP for six years representing Putin’s United Russia party and went on to run a major pro-Kremlin media group, despite an apparent lack of experience in media management. Kabaeva and Kirill are two of dozens of people who would face an EU travel ban and asset freeze under new listings being discussed by member states, joining more than 1,000 powerful Russians already on the sanctions list.

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week for saying Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots.

After the call with Putin, Bennett said he had accepted the apology and thanked the Russian leader for “clarifying his regard for the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust.” Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week for saying Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots, describing the remarks as an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologized for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.

Ukrainian civilians including women and children remained trapped on Thursday in underground bunkers at a steelworks in the ruined city of Mariupol, ...

Ukrainian authorities say further evacuation efforts were stymied by Russian attacks on the plant. “Shelling and assault without a break,” he wrote. “Heavy, bloody fighting is going on,” Palamar said in a video posted to Telegram. “Yet again, the Russians have not kept the promise of a ceasefire and have not given an opportunity for the civilians who seek shelter … in basements of the plant to evacuate,” he said.

Israel said President Vladimir Putin apologized to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for comments by the Russian foreign minister about Jews, neo-Nazis and Ukraine ...

The Russian government has said that the ship was damaged when ammunition exploded as a result of an accidental fire. The 12,000-ton warship, which was more than 600 feet long, was believed to have had a crew of nearly 500 sailors. Independent Russian media have said dozens of sailors died as a result of the sinking.

Russia violated its promise of Mariupol ceasefire, Kyiv says, as US says it shared intel on the location of Moskva cruiser sunk by Ukraine.

A large-scale propaganda campaign continues, during which Russians will be shown stories about the ‘joy’ of local residents from meeting with the invaders.” “For this purpose, the city is urgently cleaning the central streets from rubble, bodies of dead and unexploded Russian ammunition. The European Union plans toimpose sanctions on Alina Kabaeva, long rumoured to be Vladimir Putin’s girlfriend, and Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox church. The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the action would “further chip away at Putin’s financial reserves and siege economy, and support Ukraine’s continued resistance”. A Ukrainian commander said “heavy, bloody fighting” continues at Azovstal and Russia violated its promise of a ceasefire, preventing the evacuation of civilians. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, demanded thatUkraineorder its fighters holed up in Azovstal to surrender, the Kremlin said.