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Russian President Vladimir Putin said his government was studying the responses from the United States and NATO to Russia's security concerns, but said his country's main complaints "had been ignored."

For weeks Putin had remained tight-lipped about a possible invasion of Ukraine, making scant public remarks about the crisis and the buildup of tens of thousands of Russian troops near

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke briefly on the sidelines of APEC summit events on Monday night but did not delve into the issues that divide their two countries, according to U.S. and Russian officials.

The informal contact between the two leaders, who have been deeply at odds over Russia's role in the Ukraine conflict and its backing for Syrian

Republican Sen. John McCain insisted he is more pro-Russian than President Vladimir Putin accusing Putin of corruption repression and self-serving rule in an opinion piece for Pravda newspaper, answering the Russian leaders broadside last week in The New York Times.

As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday addressed an annual business summit of world leaders gathered in South Africa. But this time, the Russian leader delivered his remarks with an altered voice.

Putin appeared via a prerecorded video at a meeting for a grouping of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) in Johannesburg, where he