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China intensifies joint military exercises with Russia amid US sanctions
China and the armed forces of Vladimir Putin conducted six joint military exercises together last year, the most in data going back two decades
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Offered Wagner mercenaries option to keep operating as a single unit: Putin
The Russian president has previously said that Wagner troops had to choose whether to sign contracts with the Russian Defence Ministry, move to neighbouring Belarus or retire from service
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Putin says Wagner mercenary group 'doesn't exist' as it has no legal basis
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there is no law on private military organisations and that it simply doesn't exist
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Putin hosted Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin at Kremlin after mutiny
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at the Kremlin days after the commander led a short-lived rebellion, a senior government spokesman said Monday
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Nearly 50,000 Russian men died in conflict with Ukraine, shows report
Russians who are missing but not officially recognized as dead, as well as citizens of Ukraine fighting in units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics, are not included in these counts
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Armed rebellion by Prigozhin underscores erosion of Russian legal system
Instead, a campaign is underway to portray the founder of the Wagner Group military contractor as driven by greed, with only hints of an investigation into whether he mishandled billions of dollars
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Putin says Russian economy faring better than expected; GDP positive
'Our results, at least for the time being, let's say, cautiously, are better than previously expected, better than predicted,' Putin said, according to a transcript on the Kremlin's website
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Will stand up against sanctions and 'provocations', says Vladimir Putin
Putin told the group there was a growing risk of a new global economic and financial crisis fuelled by developed countries' debts and worsening food and environmental security
Russian President Putin losing control of his own people: Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with CNN said: We see Putin's reaction. It's weak.
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PM Modi to host Jinping, Putin, other leaders at virtual SCO summit
It will be Putin's first participation in a multilateral summit after a mercenary group launched a short-lived armed rebellion last week that rocked Moscow
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A failure in Russia
The events in Russia last week reveal that Mr Putin's governance innovations are not as robust as claimed
Putin, PM Modi agree to further boost ties, discuss Ukraine war over phone
India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue
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President Putin calls PM Modi big friend of Russia' at Moscow's ASI forum
Putin made these remarks on Thursday at a forum in Moscow organised by Russia's Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI)
PM Modi's 'Make in India' had visible effect on Indian economy: Putin
The Russian President drew India's example to encourage domestic products and brands in Russia, as per RT
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Russia's Vladimir Putin moves to seize control of Wagner's global empire
Russian General who allegedly knew of mutiny quizzed; ruble hits 15-month low
Russia's Wagner mutiny weakened Vladimir Putin, but not his ruling system
Russia under Putin's leadership is easy to see as a personalist dictatorship. The president has almost unlimited powers under Russia's much-rewritten, much-abused constitution
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'You effectively stopped a civil war,' Vladimir Putin hails armed forces
Russia drops criminal case against Wagner leader, but his future still uncertain
Belarus Prez says Prigozhin, who led rebellion in Russia, is in his country
Russian authorities said on Tuesday they have closed a criminal investigation into the aborted armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and are pressing no charges against
Russia drops charges against Prigozhin, others who were part of mutiny
Over the weekend, the Kremlin pledged not to prosecute Prigozhin and his fighters after he stopped the revolt on Saturday, even though Putin had branded them as traitors
Putin blasts Wagner traitors in speech as Prigozhin defends revolt
Putin spoke hours after Prigozhin denied that his march on the capital was a coup attempt and said he'd keep his mercenary company going despite official efforts to shut it down