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Putin sworn in for 5th term as Russian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fifth term in Moscow on Tuesday, two months after being re-elected in a vote that was widely seen as neither free nor fair. The 71-year-old took the oath of office in a ceremony in the Kremlin, with several thousand people including senior Russian politicians and other high-ranking guests in attendance. Putin…
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Putin Presents Ukraine War as Existential Battle for Survival of Russia
One year after ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast the conflict with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and its people. In an interview with Rossiya 1 state television, Putin said he was forced to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities in the context of the war. He described the…
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Putin’s begins State of the Nation Address
Ahead of the first anniversary of the full invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin began his eagerly awaited State of the Nation address on Tuesday. Russian state television broadcast the head of the Kremlin’s address at the Gostiny Dvor event centre in Moscow on Tuesday. He was speaking to the representatives of the Russian Federal Assembly, which is made up…
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NEWS
Putin wins Russia election with landslide victory
Russians appeared to have paved the way for Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for a package of constitutional changes which will also boost pensions, initial results of a nationwide vote showed on Wednesday. Partial results, announced five hours before polls closed, indicate the former KGB officer who has ruled Russia for more than two…
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G7 leaders kick against Putin’s re-admission
The UK and Canada have opposed Russia’s return to the G7, deepening a rift over US President Donald Trump’s wish for the country to re-join. Mr Trump said on Saturday he would postpone the G7 summit scheduled to take place this month until September. The president said the G7’s “outdated group of countries” should be expanded to include others, including…
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Russian parliament backs changes allowing Putin to run again for president
The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave its definitive and overwhelming approval to constitutional changes that allow Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024, something the current constitution forbids. The 450-seat State Duma, the lower house of parliament, voted in favour of the changes in a third and final reading by 383 votes. Nobody voted against,…
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Russia Prime Minister resigns
Russia’s government resigned in a shock announcement on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a series of constitutional reforms. In a televised meeting with the Russian president, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the proposals would make significant changes to the country’s balance of power and so “the government in its current form has resigned”. “We should provide the president of…
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Europe
Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been in danger after ‘revolutionaries’ seized power following weeks…
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