Tag: Vladimir Putin

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Putin bans sale of oil to countries that abide the US$ 60 cap on Russian crude

  

  President Vladimir Putin announced Russia was banning the supply of Russian oil and oil products to countries that impose a price cap, allowing deliveries to those nations only on the basis of a special permission from the Kremlin leader.

• Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

  Putin seeks closeness to South America

  

  Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation Tuesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Putin reported having exit plan to Venezuela if Ukraine bid fails

  

  Russian leader Vladimir Putin was reported to have an exit plan for Venezuela, should he fall from grace in Moscow if his country does not succeed militarily in Ukraine. Argentina and China were also said to have been under consideration but were eventually discarded.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Russia determined to unblock fertilizer exports frozen in European ports

  

  Russia is determined to unblock Russian fertilizers frozen in European ports, because of sanctions, and expects to resume ammonia exports through a pipeline across Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin made the announcement criticizing the current situation as totally unacceptable but admitted it is happening.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  FIFA Chief calls for truce during football World Cup

  

  FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is in Bali attending the G20 Summit, Tuesday called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and recalled that the former hosted the 2018 World Cup finals and the latter is vying to co-organize the 2030 event with Spain and Portugal.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  We cannot remain silent about Ukraine, President Fernández tells Paris Forum

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández said Friday during his appearance at the Fifth Paris Peace Forum that “we have the ethical imperative not to remain silent” regarding the war in Ukraine following Russia's military deployment in late February this year.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  Woman who left hate note on Putin's parents' grave arrested

  

  Russian authorities have arrested a woman who left a letter on the grave of Vladimir Putin's parents saying they had “raised a murderer.” She risks several years in prison.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Moscow estimates “annexed” Ukrainian territories will add 5 million tons of grains to Russian harvest

  

  Russia’s grain harvest is set to grow by some five million tons annually because of the recent incorporation of four Russian-majority Ukrainian territories, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said this week.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Annexation of Ukrainian territories to Russia formalized in Moscow

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday announced the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine following the outcome of the referendums, according to which a large majority of locals wanted to sever ties with Kyiv.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 17:49 UTC

  Moscow-backed referendums yield nod to Russian annexation

  

  Four territories Ukraine considers to be its provinces have approved through referendums Moscow's initiative to join the Russian Federation, it was reported Tuesday in the Donbas region.