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Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister as he starts his fifth term

May 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday following Mr. Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to…

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Russia is ready for nuclear war, says Putin

March 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the country would be ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty was threatened. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia remains in a state of combat readiness and is fully ready for a nuclear war, but not “everything is rushing to it” at present, President Vladimir Putin said…

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Alexei Navalny, who galvanised opposition to Putin, is laid to rest after his death in prison

March 1, 2024 admin

Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following…

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