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Vladimir Putin Says He'll Run For Re-Election. Nobody Is Surprised
Russian President Vladimir Putin, he of the perennial 80 percent approval ratings, declared his intention Wednesday to run for reelection, essentially guaranteeing a new six-year term for the Kremlin leader.
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Putin Talks Like Russia's Next President, But Stays Silent On Whether He'll Run
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the presumed favorite to win a new six-year term next March, offered a message of renewal in a major address on Thursday. But he failed to deliver the news that Kremlin watchers have been waiting for: whether he will seek reelection.
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Russia Threatens Retaliatory Strikes Against US Troops And Their Allies In Syria
Russia on Thursday raised the threat of a direct confrontation with U.S. forces in Syria, saying that the Russian military would target areas occupied by American units and U.S.-backed militias if Moscow's troops come under fire.
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What Would A Russia-NATO War Look Like? Russia's Wargaming It Right Now
A revitalized Russian military on Monday sent tanks, paratroopers, artillery, antiaircraft weapons, jets and helicopters into frigid rains to engage the forces of a mock enemy called the "Western Coalition." The barrage of firepower, part of war games that began last week, was an explosive show of force that Baltic leaders said was a simulation of ...
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Putin Says He Thinks Trump 'Agreed' With Assurances That Russia Did Not Interfere In US Elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that he thinks President Donald Trump agreed with his assurances that Moscow had not interfered in the 2016 presidential election, but suggested that reporters ask the US president what he thought
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Vladimir Putin Denies Election Hacking After Donald Trump Pressed Him, Says US Secretary Of State
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed brokering "commitments of noninterference" in the U.S. political system during a lengthy face-to-face meeting in Germany, the first in-person encounter between the two leaders about Russia's alleged role in the 2016 election.
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What's At Stake When Trump Finally Meets Putin
President Donald Trump finally sits down with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, and though the square knot-shaped logos decorating this German port city say this is the G-20, the U.S.-Russian summit on the sidelines is the meeting that has the world holding its breath.
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Watching Comey's Testimony, Moscow Shrugs Off Claims Of Russian Hacking
Russians are watching with morbid fascination as the American political establishment struggles to get to the bottom of how and to what extent Russia - their country - meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Russian Found Guilty Of Inciting Religious Hatred - For Playing 'Pokemon Go' In Church
A judge in Russia's fourth-largest city has convicted a blogger who played "Pokemon Go" in a renowned Orthodox cathedral of inciting religious hatred and insulting the feelings of believers, the state RIA-Novosti news agency reported Thursday.
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Putin Uses The Soviet Defeat Of Hitler To Show Why Russia Needs Him Today
A takeout sushi place offered a Victory Day roll, covered in black and orange roe. Superstores stocked balloons, coffee mugs, T-shirts and flip flops, all decorated in orange and black.
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Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin Discuss Syria Cease-Fire In Call
The Kremlin said the two leaders are trying to meet at the Group of 20 summit in July.
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Russia Just Had Its Biggest Unsanctioned Protests In Years And Hundreds Are Now In Jail
A wave of unsanctioned rallies swept across Russia on Sunday to protest corruption in the government of President Vladimir Putin, in a nationwide show of defiance not seen in years, and one the Kremlin had tried in vain to prevent with bans and warnings.
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Here Are 10 Critics Of Vladimir Putin Who Died Violently Or In Suspicious Ways
Not everyone who has a quarrel with Russian President Vladimir Putin dies in violent or suspicious circumstances - far from it. But enough loud critics of Putin's policies have been murdered that Thursday's daylight shooting of a Russian who sought asylum in Ukraine has led to speculation of Kremlin involvement.
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Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin Relationship To Soon Be Tested
For much of this year, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been engaged in a long-distance courtship. They have said kind things about each other in public and separately expressed visions of a mutually agreeable future.
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No Survivors Found After Russian Military Plane With 92 On Board Crashes En Route To Syria
A Russian military passenger plane carrying dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members plunged into the Black Sea minutes after it took off en route Sunday to a military base in Syria, killing all 92 people on board, Russia's Defense Ministry said.
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Vladimir Putin Says He'll Run For Re-Election. Nobody Is Surprised
Russian President Vladimir Putin, he of the perennial 80 percent approval ratings, declared his intention Wednesday to run for reelection, essentially guaranteeing a new six-year term for the Kremlin leader.
-
Putin Talks Like Russia's Next President, But Stays Silent On Whether He'll Run
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the presumed favorite to win a new six-year term next March, offered a message of renewal in a major address on Thursday. But he failed to deliver the news that Kremlin watchers have been waiting for: whether he will seek reelection.
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Russia Threatens Retaliatory Strikes Against US Troops And Their Allies In Syria
Russia on Thursday raised the threat of a direct confrontation with U.S. forces in Syria, saying that the Russian military would target areas occupied by American units and U.S.-backed militias if Moscow's troops come under fire.
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What Would A Russia-NATO War Look Like? Russia's Wargaming It Right Now
A revitalized Russian military on Monday sent tanks, paratroopers, artillery, antiaircraft weapons, jets and helicopters into frigid rains to engage the forces of a mock enemy called the "Western Coalition." The barrage of firepower, part of war games that began last week, was an explosive show of force that Baltic leaders said was a simulation of ...
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Putin Says He Thinks Trump 'Agreed' With Assurances That Russia Did Not Interfere In US Elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that he thinks President Donald Trump agreed with his assurances that Moscow had not interfered in the 2016 presidential election, but suggested that reporters ask the US president what he thought
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Vladimir Putin Denies Election Hacking After Donald Trump Pressed Him, Says US Secretary Of State
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed brokering "commitments of noninterference" in the U.S. political system during a lengthy face-to-face meeting in Germany, the first in-person encounter between the two leaders about Russia's alleged role in the 2016 election.
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What's At Stake When Trump Finally Meets Putin
President Donald Trump finally sits down with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, and though the square knot-shaped logos decorating this German port city say this is the G-20, the U.S.-Russian summit on the sidelines is the meeting that has the world holding its breath.
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Watching Comey's Testimony, Moscow Shrugs Off Claims Of Russian Hacking
Russians are watching with morbid fascination as the American political establishment struggles to get to the bottom of how and to what extent Russia - their country - meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
-
Russian Found Guilty Of Inciting Religious Hatred - For Playing 'Pokemon Go' In Church
A judge in Russia's fourth-largest city has convicted a blogger who played "Pokemon Go" in a renowned Orthodox cathedral of inciting religious hatred and insulting the feelings of believers, the state RIA-Novosti news agency reported Thursday.
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Putin Uses The Soviet Defeat Of Hitler To Show Why Russia Needs Him Today
A takeout sushi place offered a Victory Day roll, covered in black and orange roe. Superstores stocked balloons, coffee mugs, T-shirts and flip flops, all decorated in orange and black.
-
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin Discuss Syria Cease-Fire In Call
The Kremlin said the two leaders are trying to meet at the Group of 20 summit in July.
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Russia Just Had Its Biggest Unsanctioned Protests In Years And Hundreds Are Now In Jail
A wave of unsanctioned rallies swept across Russia on Sunday to protest corruption in the government of President Vladimir Putin, in a nationwide show of defiance not seen in years, and one the Kremlin had tried in vain to prevent with bans and warnings.
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Here Are 10 Critics Of Vladimir Putin Who Died Violently Or In Suspicious Ways
Not everyone who has a quarrel with Russian President Vladimir Putin dies in violent or suspicious circumstances - far from it. But enough loud critics of Putin's policies have been murdered that Thursday's daylight shooting of a Russian who sought asylum in Ukraine has led to speculation of Kremlin involvement.
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Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin Relationship To Soon Be Tested
For much of this year, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been engaged in a long-distance courtship. They have said kind things about each other in public and separately expressed visions of a mutually agreeable future.
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No Survivors Found After Russian Military Plane With 92 On Board Crashes En Route To Syria
A Russian military passenger plane carrying dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members plunged into the Black Sea minutes after it took off en route Sunday to a military base in Syria, killing all 92 people on board, Russia's Defense Ministry said.
