Vladimir Putin
Vladimir PutinRussian pro-Putin party wins majority after crackdown; foes cry foul
Russia's ruling United Russia party, which supports president Vladimir Putin, retained its parliamentary majority after an election and a sweeping crackdown on its critics, but opponents alleged ...
Putin’s party set to retain parliament majority after polls
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s party was set Sunday to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from the ballot
Google, Apple ‘censor’ Navalny app as polls begin in Russia
Polls opened across the vast country on Friday after a year that saw a sweeping crackdown on president Vladimir Putin’s opponents, with Russians given the option of voting online
Russia fines Facebook and Twitter over banned content
Russia regularly takes legal action against internet platforms for not removing content it labels illegal, such as pornographic material or posts condoning drugs and suicide
Putin self-isolates after Covid cases in inner circle
Putin had been due to travel to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe for a regional summit later this week but in a call with president Emomali Rakhmon said he would not be able to attend in person
Russian minister dies trying to save man during Arctic exercise
He died while trying to save Alexander Melnik who had travelled to Norilsk to make a documentary about the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route
Afghanistan
Putin hopes Taliban will be ‘civilised’
Russia has treaded carefully in its dealings with the militant group that swept to power in Afghanistan this summer
Ukraine president seeks Biden support against Russia after Afghan war
Ukraine's leader will ask president Joe Biden on Wednesday for firm US support on military modernisation, worried about rising Russian pressure days after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Putin says world must prevent 'collapse' of Afghanistan
Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the global community to prevent the "collapse" of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash
Russian president Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said earlier it was unclear how much money the fleeing government would leave behind
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