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# Vladimir Putin

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Russia bans 'international LGBT movement' for 'extremism'
Human Rights Watch said the decision was “jeopardising all forms of LGBTQ rights activism” while the UN deplored the move.
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November 2023
Putin approves new restrictions on media coverage ahead of presidential elections
The changes come ahead of the election due to be held next March.
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Nov 14th 2023, 11:49 AM
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2023
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in show of strength against North Korea
It is the first arrival of a US aircraft carrier in South Korea in six months.
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Oct 12th 2023, 7:03 AM
Putin in Kyrgyzstan for first trip abroad since International Criminal Court arrest warrant
Putin is wanted by the court over the deportation of Ukrainian children.
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Oct 12th 2023, 6:54 AM
Putin accepts invitation to visit China in October
Putin said that the two countries are “integrating” their ideas of creating a large Eurasian space.
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Sep 20th 2023, 9:39 PM
Criminal cases against Trump show ‘rottenness’ of US political system, Putin says
During his four years in the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly touted having good relations with Vladimir Putin.
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Sep 12th 2023, 12:49 PM
North Korea's Kim Jong Un en route to Russia in armoured train to meet Vladimir Putin
Experts suggest Putin is seeking artillery shells and antitank missiles from North Korea for Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
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Sep 11th 2023, 8:33 PM
Ukraine president says Vladimir Putin killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, died with nine other people when a plane flying from Moscow to Saint Petersburg crashed on 23 August.
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Sep 8th 2023, 7:16 PM
White House warns North Korea would 'pay a price' if it supplies Russia with weapons
The Kremlin has said it is unable to confirm whether Kim Jong Un will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue.
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Sep 5th 2023, 9:51 PM
Wagner chief Prigozhin buried in private funeral in St Petersburg, spokesperson says
The Kremlin earlier said that Russian president Vladimir Putin was not planning to attend the funeral of the mercenary chief.
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Aug 29th 2023, 4:22 PM
'Absolute lie': Kremlin repeatedly denies Prigozhin killed on its orders
A preliminary US intelligence assessment concluded that the plane was downed by an intentional explosion.
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Aug 25th 2023, 1:53 PM
‘A murderer who won’t be missed’: Was the death of the Wagner leader inevitable?
US president Joe Biden had warned Yevgeny Prigozhin to be ‘careful’ of poisoning after his Wagner group staged a mutiny in Russia.
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Aug 24th 2023, 12:18 PM
Russian court sentences Putin critic Alexei Navalny to 19 years in prison on extremism charges
Navalny, 47, is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe and has exposed official corruption and organised major anti-Kremlin protests.
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Aug 4th 2023, 8:27 PM
Putin says Wagner group ‘doesn’t exist’, as Ukraine airforce downs 16 Iranian-made drones
The Russian president said Wagner had rejected an offer to keep its troops in Ukraine.
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Jul 14th 2023, 10:17 AM
Wagner group commanders pledged loyalty at meeting with Putin following short-lived mutiny
The three-hour meeting took place on 29 June, just days after the Wagner Group entered Russia.
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Jul 10th 2023, 9:44 PM
Putin tells troops in Kremlin they 'de facto stopped civil war' by Wagner mercenaries
A minute’s silence was held for pilots killed during Saturday’s insurrection.
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Jun 27th 2023, 1:33 PM
US congressional leaders briefed on Wagner forces days before rebellion started
Intelligence briefings took place before attacks which Yevgheny Prigozhin claims sparked march on Moscow.
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Jun 25th 2023, 10:42 AM
Wagner chief halts march 200km from Moscow to avoid ‘shedding Russian blood’
The group’s leader said he accepted a deal brokered by the president of Belarus.
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Jun 24th 2023, 7:09 PM
Explainer: What is the Wagner mercenary group and why is it rebelling against Russia?
For months, Wagner’s founder has been locked in a power struggle with the military top brass, blaming them for his troops’ deaths in eastern Ukraine.
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Jun 24th 2023, 2:57 PM
Russian court orders trial of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny be held behind closed doors
Navalny is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges that his supporters see as punishment for his political work.
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Jun 19th 2023, 4:02 PM
Tom Clonan: Ukraine must now use the summer to mount its counter-offensive and push Putin back
Independent senator and defence analyst Tom Clonan examines what will happen as Ukraine launches its counter-offensive.
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Jun 9th 2023, 5:21 PM
Putin accused of visiting sites of Russian 'war crimes' in Ukraine
He is said to have met with military commanders in regions annexed by Russia.
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Apr 18th 2023, 10:44 AM
Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus
Putin said the move is not ‘unusual’ and that ‘the United States has been doing this for decades’.
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Mar 25th 2023, 6:26 PM
Putin and Xi hail 'new era' of ties in united front against West on second day of visit
The Chinese president invited his Russian counterpart to visit China this year.
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Mar 21st 2023, 10:54 PM
Putin tells Xi Jinping Russia is ready to discuss China's plan to end Ukraine war during talks
The Chinese president’s three-day trip serves as a show of support for Putin after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.
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Mar 20th 2023, 10:11 PM
Russian attacks on Ukraine continue in wake of Putin arrest warrant
The ICC said it was issuing the warrant for Putin’s arrest over the alleged abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.
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Mar 18th 2023, 2:01 PM
Kyiv denies Putin claim that Ukrainian soldiers entered Russia
A Ukrainian official denied the allegation saying: ‘Russia wants to scare its people to justify the attack on another country’.
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Mar 2nd 2023, 8:44 PM
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Contemporary Russia is not the USSR - it is arguably a greater threat'
DCU Professor of Politics Donnacha Ó Beacháin takes a look at Putin’s state of the nation address.
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Feb 24th 2023, 10:00 AM
Putin planning to put Sarmat nuclear missile 'on combat duty' after suspending arms treaty
Sarmat is among Russia’s next-generation missiles that Putin has described as “invincible”.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 2:31 PM
Biden slams Russia over suspension of nuclear treaty, while Putin tightens ties with China
Wang Yi’s visit comes after Washington and NATO voiced concern that China could be preparing to supply Russia with weapons.
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Feb 22nd 2023, 6:42 PM
Putin speech: Russia pulling back from nuclear treaty with US
Delivering a state-of-the-nation address, Putin accused the West of being “completely” responsible for the conflict in Ukraine.
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Feb 21st 2023, 7:05 PM
'Kyiv stands strong': Biden addresses crowds in Poland ahead of first anniversary of Ukraine invasion
Biden told crowds in Warsaw that US support for Ukraine ‘will not waver’.
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Feb 21st 2023, 5:56 PM
Biden rejects calls to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets as Russia claims advances
Ukraine has expanded the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russian forces from occupied territories.
Ukraine has expanded the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russian forces from occupied territories.
But US president Joe Biden has appeared to draw the line on supplying American fighter jets to Ukraine.
It comes as a Kremlin-appointed Donetsk leader claimed Russian forces were advancing near a strategically valuable town.
Tom Clonan: How Leopard 2 tanks could give Ukrainian forces a 'dramatic advantage'
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Jan 31st 2023, 7:30 AM
Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike during phonecall before Ukraine invasion
The Kremlin has disputed the claim, saying there was “no threats with missiles” during the conversation.
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Jan 30th 2023, 12:42 PM
Ex-FBI agent charged over ties to Russian oligarch
Charles McGonigal is accused of investigating a rival oligarch in return for secret payments from an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Jan 23rd 2023, 8:18 PM
Russia says it controls battered Ukraine town of Soledar
The Kremlin has made capturing industrial Donetsk region, where the small town is located, its primary objective.
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Jan 13th 2023, 11:09 AM
Russia will step up exploding drone attacks on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
The Institute for the Study of War said Vladimir Putin is looking to strengthen support for his strategy among key voices in Russia.
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Jan 3rd 2023, 10:22 AM
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Russia has shown no 'meaningful' interest in ending Ukraine war, US says
Putin earlier today told reporters that he hoped the conflict ends “and the sooner, the better.”
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Dec 22nd 2022, 7:47 PM
Former Russian president says country is ramping up production of 'most powerful' weapons
Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, did not provide details of the weapons.
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Dec 11th 2022, 8:53 AM
'We have not gone crazy': Putin says Russia will not be first to deploy nuclear weapons
The Russian president said the threat of nuclear war is “rising”, but said that Russia would only use a nuclear weapon in response to an enemy strike.
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Dec 8th 2022, 7:46 AM
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