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Tag: Vladimir Putin

  • Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:50 UTC

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni dies in prison

    Alexei Navalny (Pic FT)

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni died suddenly today in the Arctic prison where he has been held since last December, Russia's prison services said.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Putin and Maduro highlight importance of multipolar world order

    Maduro was invited to visit Putin in Russia next year

    Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela held a telephone conversation Thursday during which they agreed on the need for “a fair multipolar order,” it was reported. They also discussed the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 13:54 UTC

    Russian parliament following Putin's orders revoked ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia revoke ratification of the treaty because the United States, alongside other powers, had never ratified it.

    Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, on Tuesday voted in favor of withdrawing the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month suggested that Russia revoke ratification of the treaty because the United States, alongside other powers, had never ratified it.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    China's President not attending G20 Summit in New Delhi

    Premier Li Qiang will be representing China in India

    China's President Xi Jinping Monday announced he would not be attending the Sept. 9-10 G20 Summit in New Delhi and that his country would be represented by Prime Minister Li Qiang. Xi has attended every G20 summit since coming to power except Rome in 2021 when he participated by video link.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    South Africa will not arrest Putin when he joins BRICS summit in Johannesburg

    President Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning weeks ahead of the international meeting of BRICS, in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

    Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin when he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country's president has said. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before the international meeting of BRICS, happens in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 07:23 UTC

    What just happened in Russia?

    Vladimir Putin with Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and Europe’s longest-ruling dictator

    By Gwynne Dyer - Hundreds of analysts in a dozen countries are working on that mystery right now because Russia is still an important place and Putin’s power has clearly been damaged by this bizarre incident

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Ramophosa tells Putin Ukraine war needs to end

    The conflict must be solved through diplomatic channels, Ramophosa insisted

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the weekend that the war in Ukraine must “come to an end” because it “has a negative impact on the African continent and of course on many other countries around the world.”

  • Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Lula not to travel to St Petersburg for Putin meeting

    The Brazilian leader's decision has been regarded as a sign of moderation after failing to meet with Zelensky in Hiroshima

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has become a major player in South American diplomacy lately, but he has been forced to decline an invitation from his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to go to St. Petersburg. “I can't go to Russia now,” Lula said days after a frustrated meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 14:43 UTC

    Drones crash into Kremlin, Russia accuses Ukraine of attempted Putin's assassination

    Ukraine claims that this could be a false flag attack to justify a Russian escalation. “Russia is preparing a large-scale terrorist attack” warned the advisor to the Ukrainian presidency

    The Kremlin announced on Wednesday that its HQ had been targeted for the first time in the war unleashed against Ukraine. At least two drones reportedly attempted to strike the residence of President Vladimir Putin but were shot down by the residential complex's anti-aircraft defenses, it was reported by the presidential press service.

    Drones crash into Kremlin, Russia accuses Ukraine of attempted Putin's assassination

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 08:12 UTC

    Xi Jinping and Putin strengthen ties in Moscow

    Russia and China have “similar goals in future aspirations,” Xi told Putin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held an informal meeting Monday in Moscow. The Chinese leader is on a state visit.

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