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Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and begin another six-year term as president on May 7. Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Mr. Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition,…
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“A third man has been detained in a bribery case involving one of Russia’s most senior defence officials,” Moscow’s court service said on April 25. It said businessman Alexander Fomin is suspected of paying bribes to Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, who was detained on April 24, as well as Mr. Ivanov’s associate, Sergei Borodin….
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A report on Ivanov’s detention had been presented to Vladimir Putin A Russian deputy defence minister in charge of military construction has been detained on Tuesday on suspicion of “large-scale” bribe-taking, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases since Moscow launched its war in Ukraine. A brief statement by the Investigative Committee, Russia’s top investigative…
Sharad Pawar also appealed to the people to not allow autocracy to take shape in India. Amravati, Maharashtra: NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar on Monday claimed former prime ministers worked to make a new India but PM Narendra Modi only criticises others and doesn’t speak about what his government had done for the people in…
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French President Emmanuel Macron. | Photo Credit: REUTERS President Emmanuel Macron on April 4 denounced as “bizarre and threatening” Russia’s tone following rare phone talks between the Defence Ministers of France and Russia, their first contact since 2022. On April 3, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu reached out to his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, saying…
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Toll of war: A resident walks past the destroyed private houses in the village of Velyka Pysarivka, which lies five kilometres from the Russian border, in the Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Wandering among the ruins, Svitlana Zavaly was searching desperately for anything that could be salvaged from…
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He claimed that he’s ”doing the Lord’s work” after joining the Russian army in January. A British man who flew to Russia to fight alongside Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine has said he’s willing to die for the cause, Metro reported. Notably, British citizen Aiden Minnis, 37, is a former National Front member and convicted criminal from Chippenham, Wiltshire….
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ISIS has claimed responsibility ofr the terror attack on a Moscow concert hall. Moscow: The Kremlin refused to comment Monday on the Islamic State group’s claims that it was behind the deadliest attack in Russia in two decades, as rescuers searched for bodies amid the rubble of the burnt-out Moscow concert hall. Eleven people have…
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Vladimir Kara-Murza suffers from a neurological condition. Moscow: The wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday the lives of many political prisoners in Russia, including her husband’s, were at risk in the wake of Alexei Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony last month. Kara-Murza, who had condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine…
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Assailants had been “in contact” with people in Ukraine, FSB said. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called an attack on a concert hall that killed more than 100 a “barbaric terrorist act” and vowed harsh retribution to all those involved. In a televised address, Putin said all four gunmen had been arrested before…
