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  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/AFP

    Putin: Islamic State fighters massing in Afghanistan

    On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said IS leaders in Afghanistan were seeking to project the group's influence across former Soviet states in Central Asia -- which Moscow sees as its backyard -- to stir up religious and ethnic discord.

    213 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: @KremlinRussia_E/Twitter.

    Kremlin says Europe to blame for gas price spike

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said one of the factors influencing the prices was the termination of 'long-term contracts' in favour of the spot market.

    222 days ago
  • FILE: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is among those implicated in the Pandora Papers. Picture: AFP.

    EXPLAINER: Key revelations from the 'Pandora Papers'

    One of the largest ever global media investigations, the so-called ‘Pandora Papers’ involved more than 600 journalists who together analysed some 11.9 million documents from financial services companies around the world.

    224 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin participates via video link in a ceremony launching a gold processing facility in Kyrgyzstan, in Moscow on 17 March 2021. Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/AFP

    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 Navalny and banning his organisations as "extremist".

    239 days ago
  • People cast their ballots at a polling station during parliamentary and local elections in Moscow on 18 September 2021. Picture: AFP

    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.

    239 days ago
  • In this file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on 20 February 2021. Picture: AFP

    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.

    241 days ago
  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 11, 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    242 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: @KremlinRussia_E/Twitter.

    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.

    244 days ago
  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 11, 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    244 days ago
  • Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 7 May 2018 after being re-elected as president. Picture: AFP

    '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.

    245 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin participates via video link in a ceremony launching a gold processing facility in Kyrgyzstan, in Moscow on 17 March 2021. Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/AFP

    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.

    258 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin participates via video link in a ceremony launching a gold processing facility in Kyrgyzstan, in Moscow on 17 March 2021. Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/AFP

    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.

    264 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: @KremlinRussia_E/Twitter.

    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.

    275 days ago
  • In this file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on 20 February 2021. Picture: AFP

    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.

    292 days ago
  • FILE: US President Joe Biden (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they arrive for a US-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva on 16 June 2021. Picture: SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP

    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.

    293 days ago
  • FILE: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Berlin's Charite hospital. Picture: @navalny/ Instagram

    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.

    294 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    314 days ago
  • FILE: A combination of photos of US President Joe Biden on 15 March 2021 and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 6 March 2020. Picture: Eric Baradat, Alexey Nikolsky/AFP/Sputnik

    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".

    320 days ago
  • FILE: President Vladimir Putin was expected to address the surge during a televised phone-in session with Russians later Wednesday. Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    320 days ago
  • A picture taken on 16 December 2020 shows French President Emmanuel Macron addressing the press upon the arrival of Portuguese Prime minister for a working lunch at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    325 days ago
  • FILE: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP

    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'.

    326 days ago
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