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Putin reportedly reappears!
Amid rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin's health had deteriorated, Russian state television released footage of the 62-year-old leader meeting with Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev...
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Expert: The radioactive material used to kill one of Putin's most prominent...
The radioactive material used to poison one of Putin's most prominent critics in 2006 likely came from a highly secure facility in Russia, the Financial Times reports citing an ongoing British public...
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Russia's military budget is somehow still growing
Neither sanctions nor the falling price of oil or a plunging ruble can stop the Russian war machine. Russia is expected to increase research and development funding in 2015 by 20%, Tass reports citing...
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Scientists have a new explanation for those mysterious craters in Siberia
In mid-July 2014, a mysterious hole in permafrost, spotted by helicopter pilots in the Yamal region of northern Russia, captured the world’s attention.Reindeer herders reported a second hole some days...
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Here are the best theories about why Putin has disappeared
Something may be afoot in Moscow.Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for his frequent and carefully calibrated media appearances, has not been definitively spotted in public since his March 5...
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Putin spokesman denies rumor that he had a baby with his gymnast girlfriend
Russia's President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov denied the rumor that the 62-year-old leader is welcoming the birth of a child with his gymnast girlfriend amid the president's...
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Russia leveraging the Iran nuclear talks to its advantage
Diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 nations — the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France, and Germany — are rushing to conclude a nuclear agreement before the self-imposed March 24 deadline.While...
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Russia fires back in response to US concerns over refueling bombers in Vietnam
MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia on Friday rejected US concerns about its use of a former American base in Vietnam for the refueling of Russian bomber flights around US territory in the Pacific,...
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Here's what would happen if Putin actually died
Is Vladimir Putin dead?Who knows?What’s clear is that something has been going on in Moscow for at least a week, and whatever it is, the Kremlin prefers that it remain a secret. Russian reporters — a...
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The pact between Putin and one of his biggest friends suddenly looks fragile
The people who killed Boris Nemtsov, a liberal politician, on February 27th, did not expect to be arrested. That was clear from their impudence.Having shot Mr Nemtsov in the back, in the heart of...
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US Senator: Russia's Arctic militarization is 'disturbing' and 'impressive'
Several US lawmakers are warning US military leaders about the pace and scope of Russia’s Arctic militarization, including the addition of new brigades, ships and airfields to the fast-changing...
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Putin biographer: He's not dead — but chaos is brewing in the Kremlin
There's something going on behind the scenes in the Kremlin.Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't been seen in public since March 5. (Video featuring Putin on March 13 was not live.)Analysts are...
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Military dolphins help defend the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons
Naval Base Kitsap, a marine base 20 miles from Seattle, may be home to the world's largest single-location arsenal of nuclear weapons, and it's defended by dolphins trained by the US Navy."Nearly...
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If Putin is dead or incapacitated, here are three scenarios for what might...
For a decade and a half, Vladimir Putin has sat at the top of a closed, hierarchical, and personality-based political system that allows for no competition.As a result, opinion polls in Russia...
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Putin's Extraordinary Path From Soviet Slums To The World's Stage
Vladimir Putin may be the wild card in world affairs right now, but he didn't gain that influence overnight.The Russian President's ascension to power is filled with spies, armed conflicts, oligarchs,...
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Russia is preparing for something at the Kremlin while Putin's absence...
Kremlin-controlled TV informed millions of Russians about a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev. Nothing unusual about that, right?Wrong.The meeting...
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7 Russian taboos you should know before doing business there
In Madagascar, children cannot say their father's name or refer to any of his body parts. In Taiwan, it is inconceivable to write messages in red ink. All countries seem to have a baffling number of...
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Expert: Putin is engaged in 'an existential struggle' with the West
Vladimir Putin sees Russia and the West as being locked in "an existential struggle,"reports USNI News, citing an expert at a Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday. Eugene Rumer, the director of the...
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Putin once casually said over dinner that he could destroy America in a...
In December 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was positioned to reclaim his role as the president of Russia after the formalities of the March 2012 elections.Fittingly, Putin hosted a...
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Putin probably isn't being overthrown — but his disappearance is starting to...
Putin’s continued absence from the public scene and his unexpected calling off of a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart led to a tsunami of rumour, supposition, denial and outright fantasy.He was dead....
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