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MOSCOW, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday cautioned those opposing Russia by invoking French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's failure to conquer Russia some 200 years ago.

Russia's top diplomat has compared Emmanuel Macron to Napoleon and Hitler after France's President offered to extend his nation's nuclear protection to European allies and invited military chiefs ...

and says that it is necessary to use a nuclear weapon, is preparing to use a nuclear weapon against Russia, of course it is a threat,” Lavrov said at a press conference. In an apparent jab at France, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reminded his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of how Napoleon Bonaparte's 1812 campaign against Moscow ended, responding to the head of state's remarks ...

The French leader is mulling sending troops to the Ukraine conflict, but his little emperor moment could turn into a ...

A peace settlement to end a major war can be an opportunity to reorder the world. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin had mocked French President Emmanuel Macron's speech where he called Russia a threat to Europe and France by making a comparison with Napoleon Bonaparte's failed ...

Putin: Russia will choose a peace that suits its interests Says Russia will not retreat from gains in Ukraine After Macron, Putin says some have forgotten Napoleon's fate MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters ...