Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the news a lot for things that him and his team say, but one thing he rarely does is speak English. In fact, a lot of people don't know that Putin can speak the language.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

At the 2025 Alaska summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his United States counterpart Donald Trump, a rather unusual item was reportedly part of the Russian leader’s security detail: a suitcase designed to collect and transport his excrement.

A body language expert has analysed what she identified as a major change between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s final words at the Alaska summit were delivered with a smile, spoken in an uncharacteristic burst of English.

Vladimir Putin has not been known to speak English during official meetings, but the Russian President is understood to have a good command of the language

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for peace talks regarding the Ukraine war.

Ga., accused Ukrainian President Zelenskyy of trying to sabotage peace talks between President Trump and Russian President Putin by launching drone strikes on Russia.

Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.

Reports of the Russian president's demands have emerged following the summit in Alaska - as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares to fly to Washington DC to see Donald Trump for the next stage of talks.