Vladimir Putin

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4 Bankers Convicted For Helping Putin's Friend

Four unnamed bankers at the Zurich branch of Russia’s Gazprombank who allowed a friend of Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss bank accounts have been found guilty of lacking due diligence....

Ukraine

Putin To Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Belarus

On Saturday, Russia reached an agreement with Belarus — which shares a long border with Ukraine — to station tactical nuclear weapons on the latter's territory. Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin argued the deal would not violate international obligations under nuclear non-proliferation agreements.

Ukraine-Russia

Putin Makes Surprise Trip to Mariupol

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin made a 'working visit' to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday night, following an unannounced trip to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's takeover of the Black Sea peninsula....

Russia

Biden and Zelenskyy Welcome Putin Arrest Warrant Issued by ICC

US and Ukrainian leaders Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy both welcomed a decision from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin on Friday. Putin, as well as Russia’s commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, are accus...

Ukraine

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant For Putin

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for the alleged war crime of unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine....

Armed conflict

Day 317: Frontline Situation Unclear After Russia Declares Ceasefire

As Russians and many Ukrainians begin to celebrate their Christmas Eve on Friday, the situation on the frontlines remains uncertain after Russian Pres. Putin declared a unilateral ceasefire that lasts 36 hours from midday Moscow time to midnight the following day.

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Day 311: US Concerned By China's Alignment with Russia, State Department Says

The US is concerned by China's alignment with Russia as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine, the US State Dept. said on Friday. "Beijing claims to be neutral, but its behavior makes clear it is still investing in close ties to Russia," a spokesperson said

Ukraine-Russia

Putin to Ban Oil Supply to Price Cap Countries

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin delivered his response to a Western price cap on Tuesday, signing a decree that bans the supply of crude oil and oil products to countries abiding by the price cap for five months after Feb. 1.

World

Day 306: Putin Reiterates Readiness for Ukraine Negotiations

Echoing comments made last week, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin said he is ready to hold negotiations to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. He alleged it was his opponents that've in fact refused to take the issue seriously.

Ukraine-Russia

Day 303: US Dismisses Putin's Call to Bring War to an End

Speaking at a press conference at the Kremlin on Thursday, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin said his aim was to bring the war in Ukraine to a close — but this was flatly dismissed by US officials.

Ukraine-Russia

Day 302: In US Trip, Zelenskyy Invokes Fight Against Nazi Germany

In a whirlwind trip to Washington lasting less than 10 hours on Wednesday, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with counterpart Joe Biden, addressed a joint session of Congress and held individual meetings with senators and members of Congress

Ukraine-Russia

Day 300: Putin Tells Security Services to Root Out 'Traitors and Spies'

Speaking on Monday, which also saw the celebration of Russia's Security Services Day across the country, Pres. Vladimir Putin ordered the strengthening of Russia's borders and called on his intelligence agencies to maximize use of their "operational, technical, and personnel potential."

Ukraine-Russia

Day 299: Putin Heads to Belarus as Russian Drones Again Rock Kyiv

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin on Monday headed to Belarus for a "working trip," sparking fears that he intends to pressure Belarusian president — Alexander Lukashenko — to join his military campaign in Ukraine.

Ukraine-Russia

Day 297: Putin Meets Commanders of 'Special Military Operation'

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin spent Friday meeting with commanders of his "special military operation" in Ukraine at an undisclosed location in Russia.

Ukraine-Russia

Day 294: US Poised to Provide Advanced Missile Defense Systems, Reports Say

According to reports in CNN, Reuters and the Associated Press — all of whom cited three unnamed American officials on Tuesday — the US is finalizing plans to send Raytheon-made Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine.

World

Day 293: EU Breaks Hungary Stalemate, Agrees €18B In Aid For Ukraine

EU countries on Monday confirmed they will be sending an €18B ($19B) aid package to Ukraine, and that the funds will be delivered from the European Commission budget next year. Hungary had blocked the support package — which requires approval from all 27 EU member states

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Day 284: French Pres. Macron Says EU Should Address Putin's Security Guarantees

Following earlier statements from US Pres. Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they're both open to talks, French Pres. Emmanuel Macron said in a broadcast on Saturday that, if negotiations move forward, the West would need to take Russia's request for security guarantees [...]

Ukraine-Russia

Day 282: Biden 'Prepared to Speak' with Putin; Kremlin Says Putin Open to Negotiations

During a state visit to the US from French Pres. Emmanuel Macron on Thursday — seen as a move to repair a frayed relationship between the US and France amid European concerns over the Inflation Reduction Act — US Pres. Biden said he was prepared to speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin

Ukraine-Russia

Day 276: Ukraine Marks 90 Years of Holodomor as 6M Remain Without Power; Putin Meets Soldiers' Mothers

As Ukraine commemorated the 90th anniversary of Holodomor on Saturday — the artificial famine of 1932-33 under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin — the country's foreign ministry urged international partners to recognize the event as a genocide

Ukraine-Russia

G20 Summit Opens in Bali

The annual Group of 20 (G20) summit opened on Tuesday in Bali, Indonesia, under the theme "Recovering Together, Growing Stronger," amid global economic challenges such as food and energy insecurity and the Ukraine war.

World

Putin To Skip G20 summit

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin won't attend the G20 summit of the world's largest economies in Bali, Indonesia in person next week, officials in Moscow and Jakarta said Thursday. It will be the first meeting of G20 leaders since the start of the Ukraine war.

World

Day 255: Putin Urges Kherson Residents to Evacuate as Region Braces for Escalation of Fighting

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has urged the remaining residents of Kherson to evacuate as the region is reportedly set for a sharp escalation of fighting in the coming weeks and months.

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Day 247: World Faces Most Dangerous Decade Since WWII, Says Putin

In a wide-ranging address on Thursday, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin said that the world is facing the most dangerous decade since World War II as Western elites scramble to prevent their crumbling grip on global dominance.

World

Putin Offers to Resume Gas Supplies to Europe

Russian Pres. Putin on Wednesday offered to restart gas deliveries to Europe via the undamaged parts of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Speaking at the 5th Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow, he said it was now up to the EU to decide whether it wanted supplies to resume

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Day 229: Reports of Casualties, Electricity and Water Outages as Blasts Rock Kyiv and Other Ukrainian Cities

A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv and a number of other Ukrainian cities including Lviv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, and Odesa on Monday morning – striking areas which have so far been largely unaffected by the seven-month war. Targets included thermal power plants [...]

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