Vladimir Putin

Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin’s enemies

By Mark Trevelyan War crimes charges cement wedge between Putin and West Crackdown, years in making, intensifies to new level Highest jail term yet for speaking out against war Spy…

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Russia’s Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter service in Moscow

April 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday attended an Easter service conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin leader's decision to invade Ukraine.…

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What did Putin say on tactical nuclear weapons and Belarus?

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. Here are his key…

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Hungary says will not arrest Putin as German foreign minister voices support for ICC

BUDAPEST, March 23 (Reuters) - Hungary would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he entered the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday, adding that…

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Medvedev warns: Any attempt to arrest Putin would be declaration of war on Russia

Medvedev says nuclear war risks rising West wants to carve up Russia - Medvedev Relations with West at their worst ever MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) - Any attempt to arrest…

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UPDATED: China’s President Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit

BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow on Monday afternoon for a state visit, Chinese state media CCTV reported. President Vladimir Putin will provide…

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China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin publish separate articles praising each other

SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin published separate articles on Monday, as Xi was due to begin a visit to Moscow, setting out their…

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Justice ministers meet in London to build support for ICC after Putin warrant

LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Justice ministers from around the world will meet in London on Monday to discuss scaling up support for the International Criminal Court after it issued…

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What does the ICC arrest warrant mean for Putin?

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin may not see the inside of a cell in The Hague any time soon, but his war crimes arrest warrant could hurt his ability to…

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Details of the ICC arrest warrant against Putin

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Russian commissioner for children's right. Here are…

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Biden says Putin committed war crimes, calls charges justified

By Jeff Mason and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly committed war crimes and the International Criminal…

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Putin says Russia is fighting for its very existence

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that what was at stake in Ukraine was Russia's very existence as a state. Speaking at length to workers at an…

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Kremlin doesn’t rule out Putin attending G20 summit in India

MOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it was not ruling out Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a summit of leaders of the Group of 20 (G20)…

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Belarus leader Lukashenko says he had long chat with Putin on war anniversary

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he held a long conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday, the one-year anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.…

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Putin says Russia to deploy Sarmat nuclear missiles

MOSCOW, Feb 23 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would pay increased attention to boosting its nuclear forces by deploying a much delayed new intercontinental ballistic…

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Western official: Putin’s future in power has become less certain

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's future in power has become less certain in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine, a Western official said this week, but…

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Bosnian Serb leader awards Russian President Putin medal in absentia

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded in absentia by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Sunday, during a ceremony marking the Bosnian autonomous Serb Republic's…

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Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi to confer this week

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will speak before the end of the year, Russian state news agency TASS said on Monday,…

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Putin sounds out military commanders over Ukraine plans

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has sought proposals from his armed forces…

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UPDATED: Putin is open to talks and diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin says

Putin open to talks on Ukraine Russia will not pull out of Ukraine Kremlin strikes a dovish tone Biden says prepared to speak to Putin with conditions By Guy Faulconbridge…

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Putin to meet mothers of soldiers fighting in Ukraine

LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will on Friday meet the mothers of soldiers fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said, as the deadliest conflict in Europe since World…

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Western official warns: Don’t expect Putin to fall anytime soon

LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has been weakened by his decision to invade Ukraine, but a change in power at the top in Russia is unlikely any time soon…

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Has Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons?

LONDON (Reuters) - The West says Russia has made repeated threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but what has President Vladimir Putin actually said on the possible use of…

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Putin congratulates China’s Xi on unprecedented third term

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday on securing an unprecedented third term as leader, and said he looked forward to further developing a "comprehensive partnership" between their two countries. "The results…

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Putin’s vodka gift to Berlusconi flouts Russia sanctions – EU Commission

ROME (Reuters) - The 20 bottles of vodka sent to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi as a birthday gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin breach European sanctions imposed after the invasion of…

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Italy’s Berlusconi says has exchanged “sweet letters” with Putin

ROME, (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged "sweet letters" with him, according to…

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Germany’s Scholz: Putin’s war against Ukraine part of larger crusade against West

BERLIN, Oct 13 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz underscored the implications of the war in Ukraine for the West in a speech on Thursday, calling it part of a…

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EXPLAINER-Why Russia’s missiles on Ukraine have limited impact

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest air strikes against Ukraine since the start of the war killed at least 19 people, drove thousands of Ukrainians back into air raid…

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Putin orders seizure of Exxon-led Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project

MOSCOW/HOUSTON, (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday that establishes a new operator for the Exxon Mobil Corp-led Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far…

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Amid war crisis, Putin turns 70 with a prayer for his health

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin turned 70 on Friday amid fawning congratulations from subordinates and a plea from Patriarch Kirill for all lay and clergy to pray…

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Ruminating on rebellion, Putin says the state must be strong

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday questioned a Russian teacher at length about an 18th century rebellion which shook Empress Catherine the Great's Russia, offering his own view on…

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Borrell: Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons

The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell told the BBC's…

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UPDATED: Putin signs decree on mobilisation, Russia’s partial mobilisation will see 300,000 drafted

(Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin's decree on partial mobilisation would see 300,000 additional personnel called up to serve in Russia's military…

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As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by his aide: sources

PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would…

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UPDATED: Putin says Russia has gained, not lost, from intervening in Ukraine

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that…

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Putin pushes Kremlin-approved history as priority for Russian schools

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week stressed the importance of teaching a Kremlin-approved version of history, saying many children in eastern Ukraine did not know that Ukraine and Russia had…

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FACTBOX -Putin and Erdogan contacts underline complex Russia-Turkey ties

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan meet on Friday for the second time in just over two weeks, after Turkey helped broker a deal to resume Ukraine's Black Sea…

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UPDATE – On navy day, Putin says United States is main threat to Russia

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 31 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia's main rival and set out Russia's global maritime…

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Putin discusses oil market with Saudi crown prince who hosted Biden last week

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone on Thursday and underlined the importance of further cooperation within the OPEC+ group of oil producers,…

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Amid Ukraine war, Russian parliament to hold extraordinary session

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - The lower house of the Russian parliament will gather on July 15 for an extraordinary session, its council decided on Monday, just days after President Vladimir Putin warned that he…

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Russia launches widespread shelling ahead of new assault, says Ukraine

CHASIV YAR/KYIV, Ukraine, July 11 (Reuters) - Russia opened fire with artillery, multiple rocket launchers and tanks around Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and shelled cities in the east, where an…

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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

July 8 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said attempts to isolate Moscow with sanctions was akin to a declaration of economic war by the West, dismissing what he…

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Putin says Russia just starting in Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had barely got started in Ukraine and dared the West to try to defeat it on the battlefield, while insisting that Moscow…

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Kremlin on Boris Johnson: we don’t like him either

finally got his just reward for arming Ukraine against Russia. Johnson was expected to announce his resignation after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said…

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Putin will not congratulate Biden on July 4

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Monday's U.S. Independence Day because of Washington's "unfriendly" actions towards Moscow, the…

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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

July 1 (Reuters) - Russia rained missiles down near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, Ukrainian officials said, hitting an apartment building and a resort and killing at least 18…

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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

June 30 (Reuters) - Russian forces have withdrawn from Snake Island in the Black Sea in a move Ukraine hailed as a victory and Russia said showed Moscow was not seeking to…

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Leaders at G7 mock bare-chested horseback rider Putin

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations mocked the macho image of their absent adversary Vladimir Putin on Sunday, at a meeting in Germany…

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Putin promises Belarus Iskander-M missiles to counter “aggressive” West

MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuters) - Russia will supply Belarus with Iskander-M missile systems within a few months, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a televised meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday.…

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In call with Putin, Xi says all sides should work to resolve Ukraine crisis

BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Wednesday that all parties should work towards resolving the crisis in Ukraine "in…

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Putin hints at further invasions in ominous comments

Suspicions that Vladimir Putin does not intend to stop at Ukraine in his efforts to expand Russia's territory have formed a backdrop to the war since he ordered his forces…

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Polish president says calls with Putin like speaking to Hitler

BERLIN, June 9 (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda slammed the leaders of France and Germany over their phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was like having…

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Russia must not be humiliated despite Putin’s ‘historic’ mistake – Macron

PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said it is vital that Russia is not humiliated so that when the fighting stops in Ukraine a diplomatic solution can…

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US intelligence officials believe Vladimir Putin has cancer and likely survived assassination attempt

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in ill-health and is receiving treatment for cancer, according to a new US intelligence report. High-ranking US Intelligence officials say a classified report confirmed Putin…

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The Ukrainian roundup

May 30 (Reuters) - Russian troops have entered the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor said on Monday, describing "very fierce" fighting in the ruins of a city…

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The Ukrainian roundup

May 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces were resisting a Russian assault on Sievierodonetsk, the largest city they still hold in the eastern Donbas region, but were weathering heavy artillery barrages, Ukrainian officials…

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Sievierodonetsk under assault as Russian forces advance in east Ukraine

KYIV, May 29 (Reuters) - Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk after claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, as Kyiv intensified…

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