Understanding what Vladimir Putin really wants is a complex puzzle that has captivated global leaders, analysts, and the public alike
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On March 16, 2025, President Donald Trump announced plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, March 18, hinting at potential breakthroughs in ceasefire talks for the Russia-Ukraine war. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump expressed optimism about ending the conflict, stating that “a lot of work’s been done over the
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Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at a crowded concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, killing at least 62 people and wounding more than 100 others.
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Russians began voting on the first day of a three-day presidential election that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win
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The governor of Russia's southwestern Kursk region has said that one person had been killed as a result of Ukrainian shelling and a fire broke out at a local oil depot due to a Ukrainian drone strike.
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For more than a decade, and even since his jailing over three years ago, Aleksei Navalny has been a crucial driver of Kremlin policy
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Russia has successfully tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea, and air, the Kremlin said in a statement on October 25, hours after lawmakers moved to revoke Russia’s ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty.
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Linguistics professor Svetlana Drugoveiko-Dolzhanskaya's 41-year career teaching at St. Petersburg State University (SPGU) came to an end on October 13 -- a Friday, as ill luck would have it. The esteemed educator, who created and headed the university's master's degree program in editing and textual criticism, was fired for "immoral activity…incompatible with a university position,"
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At first glance, he looks like any other high-school boy in tough-guy clothes and a backwards baseball cap.
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A record number of journalists were imprisoned in 2022, a sign of weakening press freedom worldwide, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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