Vladimir Putin

BJP Leaders Assemble For Two-Day National Council Meet at Bharat Mandapam: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, February 17, 2024

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BJP Leaders Assemble For Two-Day National Council Meet at Bharat Mandapam: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, February 17, 2024

Today’s Breaking News Headlines (File Image) Click to Get New Update The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has commenced its two-day National Council meeting today at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi. The meeting is expected to be attended by around 11,500 delegates from across the country. The party’s top brass, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is … Read more

Putin says Biden would be better for Russia as president than Trump – POLITICO

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Putin says Biden would be better for Russia as president than Trump – POLITICO

Putin used Wednesday’s interview to downplay speculation about Biden’s cognitive health, recalling when the two met in Switzerland in June 2021, less than a year before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “When I met with Biden in Switzerland — it was, indeed, a few years ago, three years — even then there were talks about … Read more

Putin signals he’s open to prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s release

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Putin signals he’s open to prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s release

Washington — Russian President Vladimir Putin said “an agreement can be reached” with the U.S. to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained for nearly one year on unsubstantiated espionage charges.  Putin was asked by former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson in an interview this week if he would release Gershkovich, who … Read more

Putin accuses Kyiv of downing Russia military plane carrying Ukraine POWs – POLITICO

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Putin accuses Kyiv of downing Russia military plane carrying Ukraine POWs – POLITICO

He claimed the Russian army detected two missile launches from Ukraine-controlled areas that hit the plane. “Most likely, it was American Patriot systems or European, probably French,” Putin said. POLITICO could not independently verify his claims.  Putin refuted theories of “friendly fire” for the downing of the aircraft. “There are friend-or-foe systems, and no matter … Read more

Turkish Parliament Votes to Ratify Sweden’s Entry Into NATO

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Turkish Parliament Votes to Ratify Sweden’s Entry Into NATO

Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s accession to NATO after months of deliberations, leaving Hungary as the lone holdout to the defense alliance’s northern enlargement. The parliament plenary in Ankara voted 287 to 55 to accept Sweden’s application on Tuesday, sending the document back to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a final sign off before it can … Read more

Novatek Baltic Terminal Is On Fire, Leningrad Governor Says

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Novatek Baltic Terminal Is On Fire, Leningrad Governor Says

Novatek PJSC’s gas-condensate terminal at the Russian port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea was ablaze early Sunday, Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko said in a post on Telegram. The governor did not elaborate on the cause of the fire but local media outlet Fontanka said drones attacked the facility at 3:20 a.m. local time. … Read more

A century after Lenin’s death, the USSR’s founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia

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A century after Lenin’s death, the USSR’s founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia

Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.” A century later, the once-omnipresent image of Vladimir Lenin is largely an afterthought in modern Russia, despite those famous lines by revolutionary writer … Read more

Putin watches rural unrest as thousands clash with cops at rare Russia protest – POLITICO

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Putin watches rural unrest as thousands clash with cops at rare Russia protest – POLITICO

Thousands of protesters rallied in south-central Russia on Wednesday after a court sentenced Fayil Alsynov, an indigenous rights activist for the local Bashkir ethnic group, to four years in a penal colony on charges of inciting ethnic hatred. The demonstration took place outside the courthouse in Baymak, a town of 17,000 inhabitants nearly 2,000 kilometers … Read more

Russian presidential hopeful calling for peace in Ukraine meets with soldiers’ wives

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Russian presidential hopeful calling for peace in Ukraine meets with soldiers’ wives

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian presidential hopeful opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine met Thursday with a group of soldiers’ wives who are demanding that their husbands be discharged from the front line. Longtime Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin, who serves as a local legislator in a town near Moscow, is collecting signatures to qualify for … Read more

Kremlin foe Navalny says he’s been put in a punishment cell in an Arctic prison colony

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Kremlin foe Navalny says he’s been put in a punishment cell in an Arctic prison colony

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that officials at the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction, the latest step designed to ramp up pressure on President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest political foe. Navalny said in … Read more