Page 22 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
US President announces new $700-million weapons package for Ukraine
Biden announced the plan to give Ukraine precision HIMARS rocket systems after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside of Russian territory
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US rocket systems for Ukraine not meant to strike Russia: WH official
US President has agreed to provide Ukraine with rocket systems that can strike with precision at long-range Russian targets as part of a $700-mn weapons package expected to be unveiled on Wednesday
Has sanctioning Russia worked? Oil, gas sales put $285 bn in Putin's pocket
For years, Russia has acted as a vast commodity supermarket selling what an insatiable world has needed: Not just energy, but wheat, nickel, aluminum and palladium too
 "Has sanctioning Russia worked? Oil, gas sales put $285 bn in Putin's pocket")
High energy prices, Asian markets could blunt EU ban on Russian oil
EU's decision to ban Russia oil over Ukraine invasion is a blow to Moscow's economy but its effects may be blunted by rising energy prices and other nations willing to buy petroleum, experts say
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Erdogan discusses Turkey's Syria incursion plans with Russian Prez Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara's planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Erdogan's office said
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Out in the cold in Putin's Russia
Like its prequel, this book is not a bald account of the intricacies of high finance and arcane law-making only
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Abramovich completes $3.2-bn sale of Chelsea to Boehly-led consortium
"We are honored to become the new custodians of Chelsea Football Club, Boehly said. We're all in 100% every minute of every match."
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Ukraine, Russia battle in the east as Zelenskyy visits front in Kharkiv
Capturing Sievierodonetsk is a principal task for the occupation force, Zelensky said, adding that the Russians don't care about casualties
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Russia successfully test-fires its latest hypersonic Zircon missile
The launch was the latest in a series of tests of Zircon, which is set to enter service later this year
Russian Prez Putin cautions Macron, Scholz on pumping weapons into Ukraine
Vladimir Putin informed his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that the ongoing transfers of Western weapons into Ukraine pose threat to international security
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Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow takes small cities, aims to widen eastern battle
The Russian Defense Ministry said Lyman, the second small city to fall this week, had been completely liberated by a joint force of Russian soldiers and Kremlin-backed separatists
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Russian victories in eastern Ukraine spark debate over course of war
Arrival of more powerful weapons and fresh Ukrainian volunteers, combined with the steady attrition of Russian forces and equipment, suggests slow pace of movement on the battlefield favours Ukraine
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Putin warns Macron, Scholz about danger of pumping Ukraine with weapons
The Russian President warned European colleagues that this carries the risks of destabilization.
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Putin says he's willing to discuss resuming Ukrainian grain shipments
Putin also informed French President and German Chancellor that Russia was ready to increase its export of fertilizers and agricultural products if sanctions against it were lifted
It's India's time, again
The global order is up in the air and India is being wooed by all. It opens up possibilities unimaginable until recently on economic, strategic and military issues
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Russian President Putin ties grain exports to demand that sanctions go
Putin didn't specify if he was referring to Russian exports or those from Ukraine that have been stopped by Moscow's blockage of ports since its invasion began in late February
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Putin says he is ready to deliver gas, discuss prisoner swap: Austria
Austrian Chancellor has informed recently that Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide full natural gas supplies to the nation
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8 bn rubles of Indian oil companies stuck in Russia, says officials
All dividend income prior to Ukraine war was repatriated but the one that accrued after that is stuck, said Harish Madhav, Director (Finance), Oil India Ltd, which is one of the partners in the fields
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We can't let Putin win this war: German Chancellor on Ukraine conflict
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to win his war in Ukraine and sought to end any dependence on Russian fuels
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US wins latest legal battle to seize Russian yacht worth $325 mn in Fiji
The U.S. argues that its investigation has found that behind various fronts, the Cayman Islands-flagged luxury yacht is really owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov
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