Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow had paid out last year just over $1 billion to the Wagner mercenary group, which last week staged a failed mutiny. "The state paid to the Wagner group 86.262 billion rubles (around…
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Days after the short-lived revolt march by the Wagner Group against Russia's military leadership that died down on the way to Moscow, President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation in a short speech with just as much vitriol as his last…
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An eerie calm fell on Russia after the dramatic end to an armed uprising that posed the greatest threat to Vladimir Putin’s almost quarter-century rule. The man who led the insurrection has gone uncharacteristically quiet. The president…
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Day after the Wagner group called off its mutiny against the Russian military leadership after its forced advanced to within a few hundred miles of Moscow, the Yevgeny Prigozhin-led mercenary private army had returned to the base under the…
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Russian state television on Sunday showed Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing confidence in plans for Ukraine in an interview that appeared to have been recorded before Saturday's aborted revolt by the Wagner group of mercenaries.…
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US President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Mr Biden called Putin's…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday is set to host a group of African leaders who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” after their trip to Ukraine. Seven African leaders — presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to "hold hands" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a powerful country, state media KCNA reported on Monday. Kim made the pledge…
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Former commander of separatist forces in Ukraine's Donbas region Igor Girkin condemned Russian president Vladimir Putin comparing him to an Egyptian mummy. Igor Girkin, also known as Strelkov, who rose to prominence after 2014, has…
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Russia will begin moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday. Construction of storage facilities in Belarus will be completed by July 7-8,…
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