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Soros spoke at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy, and publicly explained that he had Matteo Salvini in mind.

Salvini is the leader of Lega Nord, an anti-immigrant party, that, together with the populist Five Star Movement, makes up the newly formed ruling coalition in Italy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) prepares to shake hands Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov after a joint press conference in Moscow on May 30.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 25 that Turkey has the right to choose its own military aircraft, amid Ankara's deal to buy missile-defense systems from Russia.

A year after French and Russian presidents Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin met in Versailles in Paris, today the Russian head of state will meet his French counterpart in the Constantinian Palace near St. Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on May 22 with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev in Sochi, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. After the talks, Putin and Radev will make statements for the media.

Speaking upon his arrival in Moscow, where he will meet with Putin later in the day, Vucic said that "a situation where everyone has maximized engagement on the matter, it would be significant to also have Russia present its position."

Despite the successful counter-terrorism mission in Syria and Iraq, the Daesh* terrorist group is still capable of conducting raids in different regions throughout the world, and in order to confront it, we need to think about new forms of international cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, Sputnik reported.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has received an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Moscow. According to a statement from the Kremlin, the invitation was extended during a telephone conversation between the two which took place at the Greek PM's initiative.

Pro-Russian politicians from the Balkans have congratulated Vladimir Putin after he won more than 74 per cent of the vote in Sunday's presidential elections - while leaders of some other Balkan countries more closely aligned with NATO remained silent.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's reelection as "a sham."

"That #Putin had to work so hard to drive voter turnout shows the Russian people know his claim to power is a sham," McCain tweeted shortly after exit polls showed Putin won a fourth term.

"The US stands with all Russians yearning for freedom," he added.