Tag: #ValadimirPutin
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Russia cements role as gas ‘kingpin’ with three new pipelines
Moscow, Dec 2 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping launch Monday a gas pipeline that is the first of three ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow’s role as top gas exporter. Putin and Xi are to inaugurate by video link-up the “Power of Siberia” pipeline, sending Siberian gas to China in…
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Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky set for Paris Summit
Moscow, Nov 28 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky are likely to have a one-on-one meeting during four-way summit talks in Paris next month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin and Zelensky plan to join French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on December 9 for a summit aimed at…
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Putin to address Russia’s crisis-hit ruling party
Moscow, Nov 23 (AFP/APP): Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set Saturday to address a United Russia convention as the ruling party struggles to overcome a crisis amid the public’s growing desire for change. United Russia, which was established in 2001 and turns 18 next weekend, has been a legislative powerhouse, enjoying a constitutional majority in…
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Ukraine foes to pull back troops ahead of Russia summit
Bogdanivka, Ukraine, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): Ukraine’s army and Kremlin-backed separatists are set Friday to complete the last phase of a troop pullback in the war-torn east in a key step towards a high-stakes summit with Russia. The long-awaited move is a precondition for the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader…
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Russian opposition leader fined $1.4 mln for ‘defamation’
Moscow, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): A Russian court on Monday ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny and ally Lyubov Sobol to pay 88 million rubles ($1.4 million) in damages to a company controlled by a top Kremlin ally. In February, Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) released an investigation criticising a school catering firm over the quality of its…