Crouching down to speak to a young child with a friendly hand on his back, Vladimir Putin must have thought that he had been gifted a perfect PR opportunity. But as the Russian President stood up ...

President Putin was walking through the Kremlin courtyard when he stopped to talk with a group of tourists. He crouched down in front of a little boy appearing 5 or 6 and exchanged a few words ...

with little Vladimir the only boy. The couple were one of eight across Russia to receive an award at the Kremlin in May from the president, known to be a grandfather. Putin visited the family in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his controversial kissing of a boy on the stomach was just a spontaneous gesture of affection. Mr Putin came across Nikita, five, in the Kremlin last week, ...