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Russian President Vladimir Putin told Moldova's President Igor Dodon at a meeting on Tuesday that Moldova needs to align its political stances more closely with Moscow if it wants to join the Eurasian Economic Union and solve the issue of the breakway region of Transnistria.

In a rare first, Russian President Vladimir Putin has talked about his relationship with American President Donald Trump.

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced on Saturday that Russian and US envoys for the Ukraine crisis had met in Belgrade.

Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday spoke with Vladimir Putin on the phone, wishing the Russian leader a happy birthday as he turned 65.

According to the Serbian president, who spoke for the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir, the 25-minute conversation was entirely in Russian - "although an interpreter reacted once or twice" - and touched on "all topics of importance to Serbia-Russia relations."

According to a study of public opinion conducted by a group of sociologists at the University of Macedonia for Kathimerini newspaper, 57.3% of Greeks adhere to a positive attitude toward Russia, and 67% toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The majority of Greeks feel favorably towards Russia and its president, according to a new poll, which, however, suggests that public perceptions of Russia do not necessarily coincide with individual preferences in areas like academic studies or employment.

RUMA - Serbia will soon have ten operational MiG-29 jets and it will not stop there as we want the citizens to feel secure, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Ruma Thursday.

He added he would have an important phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

Serbia will soon have ten operational MiG-29 jets and will not stop there, "as we want the citizens to feel secure," Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

Vucic added he would have "an important phone conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, Tanjug has reported.

Saudi King Salman has arrived in Moscow on an official visit, Reuters reports, quoted by Focus.

The King has landed at the Vnukovo Airport near the Russian capital. He is expected to hold a meeting later today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing political and economic issues with him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had not yet decided whether he would run for re-election in March 2018, something he is widely expected to do, Reuters writes.

"Not only have I not decided yet who I will stand against, I have not decided whether I will run at all," Putin said, when asked who he would run against at the election.