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Afghan debacle set to cloud Merkel's final Putin visit
As Merkel prepares to bow out of politics following an election in Germany on 26 September, the crisis in Afghanistan could be the latest subject to drive a...
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Putin's party holds congress amid opposition clampdown
Critics say the moves are aimed at ensuring that Navalny, who was jailed earlier this year for two-and-a-half years on old fraud charges he says are politically motivated, does not spoil the vote for the 68-year-old Kremlin chief and his deeply unpopular party.
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Putin hopes Biden less impulsive than Trump
Though he described relations with the United States as having "deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years," Vladimir Putin said he expects he can work with Joe Biden.
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Mass protests called across Russia to 'save Navalny's life'
The team of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests across Russia next week to help save the life of the hunger-striking opposition leader.
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Kremlin critic Navalny could 'die any minute': doctors
In March, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent went on hunger strike to demand proper medical treatment for back pain and numbness in his legs and hands.
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Navalny says health deteriorating, suffering sleep deprivation 'torture'
The 44-year-old was arrested on his return to Russia in January from Germany, where he spent months recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent poisoning in August that he blames on the Kremlin.
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Putin accuses West of using Navalny to 'contain' Russia
Putin suggested that the wave of protests recently held across Russia in the wake of Navalny's arrest and imprisonment had also been fed from abroad.
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Russia says it has produced first batch of coronavirus vaccine
The Russian vaccine is called "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957.
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Russia has developed 'first' coronavirus vaccine: Putin
Russia has been pushing hard to quickly develop a coronavirus vaccine and said earlier this month it hoped to launch mass production within weeks and turn out 'several million' doses per month by next year.
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Tens of thousands stage anti-Kremlin protests in Russia's Far East
The protests in Khabarovsk, a city of some 600,000 people, began a week ago following the sudden arrest of popular governor Sergei Furgal in a murder probe.
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Russia not welcome at G7, Canada's Trudeau says
Russia was expelled from what was then the G8 in 2014 when Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, was US president, after Moscow annexed the Crimea region from Ukraine.
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Putin signs Russia's constitutional reform law
Putin (67) stunned the country on Tuesday when he backed a last-minute proposal to add a condition to the reform package for his possible return to the Kremlin after 2024.
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Putin opponent Navalny may have been targeted with 'toxic agent' - doctor
The Russian opposition leader is serving a 30-day jail sentence for calling Saturday's rally after authorities blocked prominent independent candidates from taking part in Moscow parliament elections in September.
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End Syria hospital attacks, Russia told at UN
The outcome led to a rare statement following the meeting by the UN's humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock.
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14 crew killed in fire on Russian sub
And Norway's radiation authority revealed that Russia had informed it that there had been a gas explosion onboard the sub - a claim swiftly denied by Moscow.
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Russia, Saudi agree to extend OPEC production cut deal: Putin
The OPEC cartel and its oil-producer nation allies opted in December to trim daily crude output by 1.2 million barrels.
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American banker and Putin ally dealt in access and assets, emails reveal
The American banker, Robert Foresman, currently vice chairman at UBS investment bank in New York, held a series of prominent roles in Moscow’s financial world.
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North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for summit with Putin
Kim's private armoured train arrived Wednesday in the Russian border town of Khasan, Russian media reports said, where he was welcomed with bread and salt in a traditional gesture.
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India hopes to avoid US sanctions over Russian missile deal
New Delhi has been "heard and understood" by the US administration over its accord to buy the S-400 missile defence system for $5.2 billion, the minister said in an interview this week.
