VLADIMIR PUTIN

After Sunday's poll, Turkey could have a minority government, a coalition, or new elections — and the lira is falling.

The U.S. is still hammering out a strategy to combat ISIS, President Barack Obama said during a news conference Monday from the G-7 summit in Germany.

Presidents Obama and Hollande met on the sidelines of the ongoing G-7 summit in Germany, and discussed other issues, including climate change and terrorism.

The increased intrusion of the U.S. airspace by Russian bombers is considered by many as Moscow’s strategy to warn the U.S. to keep away from the Ukrainian conflict.

"It’s our view that those sanctions should remain in place until we start to see Russia live up to their commitments."

U.S. President Barack Obama faces a Germany roiled by allegations of American spying, and other European partners whose commitment to extending sanctions is uncertain.

The Russian leader would prefer that both regions remain part of Ukraine rather than join Russia.

Besides his comments on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin called "insane" any worries about his country attacking NATO nations.

Russia plans to integrate thousands of the new Armata T-14 tanks into its armed forces starting in 2020, according to reports.

The visit will be the first between the two leaders since the start of the Ukraine conflict.

It's unclear whether Russia will actually sell its Armata T-14 tank, which it touts as the future of mechanized combat.

The Grozny-based Committee Against Torture has alleged that it was attacked by government supporters.

U.S. officials made the rare decision to release the footage in an effort to curtail "erroneous" descriptions of the encounter in foreign media.

European authorities brand the blacklisting of 89 dignitaries as "arbitrary and unjustified," while Russian officials say it was a response to Western sanctions.

Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting "aggressively" in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday.

An influential lawmaker in Moscow warned in February that authorities have on their radar dissident-friendly services such as Tor.

Russia has asked for the list, which includes names of 89 EU politicians, not to be made public.

The denial comes just one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin made information on Russian casualties in peacetime a secret.

Corruption allegations have marred Russia’s successful bid to host the event, particularly after the indictment of several FIFA executives this week.

More than 6,000 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April 2014 "in spite of successive ceasefires," the U.N. Human Rights Office has said.

The Russian president says the soccer scandal seems designed to disrupt his nation's plans to host the 2018 World Cup.