The Russian president toured Komunarka hospital in Moscow on Monday, to observe COVID-19 patients being treated. It comes as the Kremlin is speed-building a new coronavirus hospital.

President Donald Trump Trump told Fox News interviewers Monday his next call was to Russian President Vladimir Putin, with an oil price war and trade on the agenda.

A major scare over Vladimir Putin's health emerged today as Russia's top coronavirus doctor was stuck down with Covid-19 - one week after meeting and shaking hands with the president.

President Trump told reporters Monday that he discussed nuclear arms control during his latest conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend.

Since March 30, President Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke four times over the phone as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.

Analysts and President Vladimir Putin's political enemies wonder if his long and brutal reign might fall victim to the coronavirus crisis amid the perilous effects of the pandemic in Russia.

Vladimir Putin (pictured) has seen his trust ratings fall following dissatisfaction with the Russian government's handling of the coronavirus crisis as cases of the disease continue to rise.

Vladimir Putin's comments come after WADA barred teams under a Russian flag from competing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 and 2022 and the football World Cup in 2022.

In a speech on foreign policy in South Carolina on Friday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio questioned the totalitarian regimes around the world.

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a gangster and a thug,' and vowed to take a hard line against him if he reaches the Oval Office.

Last week the Russian president called the GOP front-runner a 'very outstanding' and 'unquestionably talented' man who was the 'absolute leader of the presidential race.'

President Bashar al-Assad tells Vladimir Putin in the video from a church in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday: 'If Trump arrives along this road, everything will become normal with him too.'

Speaking at an event on AI technology in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, president Putin called for safeguards, setting out rules for how humans should interact with the robots.

Trump and Putin spoke by phone, also discussing the global coronavirus pandemic, the White House said.

Celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly agreed to postpone plans for a grand parade with world leaders due to coronavirus