Page 23 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Everything that you need to know right now
President Zelenskiy complained about divisions inside the European Union over more sanctions against Russia and asked why some nations were being allowed to block the plan
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Countries attempting to isolate Russia only hurting themselves: Putin
Vladimir Putin said that the countries, which are attempting to isolate Russia, are primarily only harming their economies
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'Thank God,' says Putin on exit of some foreign companies from Russia
Putin has cast the invasion of Ukraine as a turning point in Russian history: a revolt by Moscow against the United States, which he says has humiliated Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union
 "'Thank God,' says Putin on exit of some foreign companies from Russia")
Russia poised to cut interest rates to stem ruble rally that's gone too far
An unscheduled policy meeting for Thursday has spurred expectations for a big reduction, and the possibility that capital restrictions may be loosened further
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Russian passports distributed in besieged Mariupol: Ukrainian official
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order allowing residents of Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions to apply for Russian citizenship under a fast-track procedure
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Russian FM Zakharova hints at strengthening defence amid Japan hostility
Zakharova criticised Tokyo for clinging to these already traditional training events, distorting their goals and content, and wrongly linking them with Russia's special military operation in Ukraine
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Ukraine war may be beginning of third world war: Billionaire investor Soros
China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are tied together in an alliance that has no limits: George Soros
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Mirage or oasis?
India could drink sustainably from the spring-wells of development
Putin hikes Russian pensions, plays down Ukraine impact on economy
With annual inflation near 18% last month, the Kremlin leader acknowledged that 2022 would be a 'difficult' year for the Russian economy
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Scars of war everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months of Russian invasion
Even in regions out of the range of the heavy guns, frequent air raid sirens wail as a constant reminder that a Russian missile can strike at any time even
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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny loses appeal against nine-year jail term
As soon as the Moscow court's sentence came into force, Navalny has been transferred to a strict regime penal colony with harsher conditions, including fewer family visits for another 8 years
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Russian attacks on Donbas continues amid Polish president's visit to Kyiv
Duda's visit, his second to Kyiv since April, came as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled along a 551-kilometer (342-mile) wedge of the country's eastern industrial heartland
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Russian soldiers start clearing mines from Ukraine's Azovstal steel mill
Soldiers walked through the compound and swung mine detectors over roads littered with debris, while others checked under objects for the explosive devices, video footage showed
Ukraine rules out giving Russia land in ceasefire deal, says report
Recent calls for an immediate ceasefire have come from US
Russia-Ukraine war: Fate of 2,500 POWs from steel plant stirs concern
Among the defenders were members of Azov Regiment, whose far-right origins have been seized on by the Kremlin as part of its effort to cast the invasion as a battle against Nazi influence in Ukraine
Russia publishes list of 963 Americans permanently banned from entry
Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that 26 Canadian nationals are permanently banned from entering Russia in retaliation to Ottawa's anti-Russian sanctions
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Putin's war in Ukraine ends decades of Russian money, influence at Davos
Vladimir Putin during day one of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2009. (Photo: Bloomberg)
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Russia advances in Ukraine's Donbas as Mariupol steelworks siege ends
The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said
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Russia-Ukraine war: Mariupol steel mill troops registered as POWs
Amnesty International said in a tweet that the POW status means that the soldiers must not be subjected to any form of torture or ill-treatment
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Alexei Navalny's team urges more sanctions on Russia to help Ukraine
The push from Navalny's allies this week in Washington came as Congress gave final passage to USD 40 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukrainians battling the Russian invasion
