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Putin's party set to retain parliament majority after polls
The vote comes in the wake of an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition this year, with Russian authorities jailing Putin's best-known domestic foe Alexei...
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Putin's party set to retain parliament majority after polls
The vote comes in the wake of a crackdown on the opposition with Russian authorities jailing Putin's foe Alexei Navalny.
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Navalny app gone from Google, Apple stores on Russia vote day
The app promoted an initiative that outlines for Alexei Navalny supporters which candidate they should back to unseat Kremlin-aligned politicians.
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Putin says dozens in Kremlin inner circle have COVID
Earlier this week, 68-year-old Putin cancelled all in-person events and said he was self-isolating after announcing an outbreak in the Kremlin.
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Putin self-isolates after COVID cases in inner circle
Russian authorities have taken exceptional measures to protect President Vladimir Putin, who has been vaccinated with Russia's homegrown Sputnik V jab, since the start of the pandemic.
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Putin condemns foreign troops in Syria in Assad meeting
President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia and Syria's 'joint efforts' in the conflict, saying their militaries had returned the vast majority of territory to government control.
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'Not an election': Russians to vote after historic crackdown
So signs around Moscow are touting 'a million prizes' for voters who cast electronic ballots in the election, which looks set to hand United Russia another majority despite its unpopularity.
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Putin gives cash to police, soldiers ahead of polls
The cash handouts follow earlier one-time payments for pensioners of $135 ahead of lower house State Duma polls in September, with United Russia's ratings hit by rising prices coupled with falling wages.
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Putin says Russia will not 'meddle' in Afghanistan
'We're not going to meddle in Afghanistan's domestic affairs or involve our military in a conflict where everyone is against each other,' President Vladimir Putin said at a gathering of officials from the ruling United Russia party.
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Putin alarmed by 'unprecedented' natural disasters in Russia
A former skeptic of man-made climate change, the Russian leader called on authorities to do everything possible to help Siberians affected by the region's gigantic wildfires, as well as Russians living in the flood-hit south of the country.
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Russia says Navalny social media accounts should be blocked
Earlier this week Roskomnadzor blocked 49 websites linked to President Vladimir Putin's most vocal domestic critic including his main website navalny.com as well as those of Navalny's regional offices and his key allies.
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Moscow hopes US 'serious' in seeking dialogue in new talks
The two countries will hold the talks on Wednesday in Geneva -- where presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met last month -- in a new bid to encourage stability in the tense relationship.
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Russia blocks 49 Navalny-linked websites: aide
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most vocal domestic critic, was arrested in January after he returned to Russia following months of treatment in Germany for a nerve agent poisoning he blames on the Kremlin.
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Battle of the bubbly: French champagne makers incensed by Russia law
French producers can still use the word in French, but will also have to write "sparkling wine" in Cyrillic on the back of bottles -- a heresy for brands that say nothing on Earth can match their pizzazz.
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Putin accuses US of involvement in UK warship incident
Britain has defended the ship's route, saying the HMS Defender was making "an innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law".
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Russia reports record virus deaths for second day in a row
The country is grappling with a spike of infections spurred by the highly infectious Delta variant and sluggish vaccination rates.
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Macron plays down EU refusal on Putin talks
Analysts said Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel had been impressed by the results of a summit between US President Joseph Biden and Putin in Geneva on June 16, and did not want the EU to be sidelined on Russia policy.
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EU must seek 'direct contact' with Putin: Merkel
Merkel said recent events had shown that it was not enough 'if we react to the multitude of Russian provocations in an uncoordinated manner'.
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Biden pushes Putin for stable 'great powers' relationship
The two leaders wrapped up their first summit shortly after 5 pm (1500 GMT), after around three-and-a-half hours of meetings at an elegant villa in Geneva.
