Page 48 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
Putin's 24-years rule: Crackdown on dissent solidifies his leadership
Vladimir Putin's Russia evolved from a country that tolerated some dissent to one that ruthlessly suppresses it. Arrests, trials and long prison terms once rare are commonplace.
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Undermanned Ukrainian army challenges power of Russia's Black Sea fleet
Challenging Russia's naval superiority also has helped create more favorable conditions for Ukrainian grain exports and other shipments from the country's Black Sea ports
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Vladimir Putin's pre-election promises may cost Russia $130 billion
An analysis by Dmitry Polevoy, investment director at Astra Asset Management, shows such projects could cost Russia as much as 2 trillion rubles per year, or more than $130 billion over six years
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Zara is reopening its shops in this country after a two-year hiatus
Several companies shut their doors in Ukraine as well as Russia two years ago but many of them are now returning
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Russia's Putin hints at higher taxes for wealthy individuals, companies
Businessmen who invest in Russia should have their assets and property rights protected, Putin said, and taxes for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia should be reduced
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Putin promises $110 bn in state support ahead of general elections
The costliest pledge concerned 4.5 trillion roubles for modernising public infrastructure and 1 trillion roubles on the construction, repair and equipping of hospitals
Putin warns of nuclear war risk, says Moscow can strike Western targets
Visibly angry, Putin suggested Western politicians recall the fate of those like Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and France's Napoleon Bonaparte who had unsuccessfully invaded Russia in the past
Investigate Putin's money flows in West: Navalny's wife to EU lawmakers
Navalnaya was speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 12 days after her husband died suddenly in a Russian penal colony at the age of 47
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Navalny was close to being freed from prison before his death, says ally
There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin and Navalny ally Maria Pevchikh, who is based outside Russia, did not present documentary evidence for her assertion
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US targets Russia with hundreds of curbs over Ukraine war, Navalny death
The United States and its allies have imposed sanctions on thousands of Russian targets in the past two years
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Govt dials for 'release' of Indian support staff working for Russian Army
The comments by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal came following a report that some Indians are working as support staff to the Russian army in the conflict zone
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Putin has already lost
For Mr Putin, more concerned by Ukraine than any other country that arose from the wreckage of the Soviet Union, that alone is tantamount to defeat
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Putin aims to bring back lost colonies of USSR with Ukraine war: Estonia FM
The comments were made at a session of the Raisina Dialogue, titled 'Back to the Future: A New Era of Conflict in Europe?'
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Russia threatened to shoot down aircraft patrolling Black Sea, says France
The minister, Sbastien Lecornu, didn't give specific details about the French flights or aircraft involved in the threatened shootdown
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Biden calls Putin 'crazy SOB', hits at Trump during 2024 polls fundraiser
Biden was talking about climate change when he said, We have a crazy SOB like Putin and others
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How Kremlin weaponised Russian history and used it to justify Ukraine war
Putin even gave him a folder containing what he said were copies of historical documents proving his points: that Ukrainians and Russians historically have always been one people
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Putin says Russia has no intention of putting nuclear weapons in space
'We haven't deployed any nuclear weapons in space'
US to impose 'major sanctions' on Russia over Navalny death: Report
The prison service said at the time that Navalny fell unconscious after a walk and died. US President Joe Biden has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Wife, protector and now political heir: Yulia Navalnaya rallies Russians
Aleksei A Navalny had collapsed after being given what German medical investigators would later declare was a near-fatal dose of the nerve agent Novichok
Putin waits for Western support for Kyiv to wither as war enters 3rd year
Tatiana Stanovaya of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre said a possible Trump return to the White House would serve Putin's goals