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Putin Denies Plotting To Give Iran Advanced Satellite System

Putin Denies Plotting To Give Iran Advanced Satellite System

June 13, 2021 6:26 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied a US media report that insinuated that his country has concluded plans to deliver an advanced satellite system to Iran that will vastly improve its spying capabilities.

A publication by the Washington Post on Thursday alleged that Moscow is preparing to give Iran a Kanopus-V satellite with a high-resolution camera, allowing Islamic republic to monitor the facilities of its adversaries across the Middle East.

However, Putin, who is expected to hear a range of complaints from US President Joe Biden when they meet Wednesday in Geneva, dismissed the report as “garbage.’

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EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya

EU Sanctions Senior Putin Aides Over Navalny, Libya

October 16, 2020 5:21 pm

The EU on Thursday hit members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya’s civil war.

Six senior Russian officials including the head of Russia’s FSB domestic spy agency and the tycoon nicknamed “Putin’s chef” will be banned from travelling to the bloc and have their assets in the European Union frozen in a move that steps up pressure on Moscow.

The sanctions listings formally accuse Russian state bodies over Navalny’s poisoning, saying the attack with the Novichok nerve agent could not have been carried out …

Putin Signs Law That Allows Him Stay In Power Until 2036

Putin Vows Military Support For Belarus’ Lukashenko

August 27, 2020 5:19 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed military support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday, while urging a peaceful resolution to unrest and demonstrations that erupted after a disputed election.

EU ambassadors in the capital Minsk on Thursday denounced a crackdown on the opposition in the wake of the presidential poll, in which 65-year-old Lukashenko claimed a landslide reelection with some 80 percent of the vote.

The Belarusian strongman’s relationship with Putin had soured ahead of the August 9 ballot because Minsk refused closer integration with Russia — and even claimed Moscow had sent mercenaries across the border to organise …

Belarus Leader Says Putin Offers Help As Pressure Builds

Belarus Leader Says Putin Offers Help As Pressure Builds

August 16, 2020 12:37 pm

Vladimir Putin has offered to help ensure Belarus’s security, according to its president Alexander Lukashenko, as pressure builds on the strongman leader and opposition protesters prepare for a show of force Sunday.

Thousands demonstrated in the capital Minsk Saturday after main election challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya asked supporters to rally over the weekend and keep alive a movement that poses the biggest challenge to Lukashenko’s hold over the ex-Soviet country.

Many gathered at the spot where Alexander Taraikovsky, 34, died on Monday during protests against an election the opposition says was rigged to give Lukashenko another term in office.

Demonstrators heaped …

Putin And Trump Discuss Arms Control Issues In Phone Call

Putin And Trump Discuss Arms Control Issues In Phone Call

July 23, 2020 5:57 pm

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed arms control and cooperation in fighting the coronavirus during a phone call between the two leaders Thursday, the Kremlin and White House said.

The presidents “thoroughly considered” various arms control issues “given the special responsibility of Russia and the U.S. for maintaining international peace and security,” the Kremlin said.

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According to the White House, Trump reiterated his hope of avoiding an expensive three-way arms race between China, Russia, and the United States and “looked forward to progress on

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Putin Orders Officials To Fully Clean Arctic Fuel Spill Area

June 20, 2020 5:29 pm

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government Friday to fully repair environmental damage from a massive fuel leak in the Arctic.

A power plant in the Siberian city of Norilsk leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region, the worst such accident in decades.

Putin said told top officials during a video conference call that “it’s necessary to not just quickly clean up the mess, but to ensure high-quality recuperation of soil and waterways.”

The leak occurred when a storage

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US Has Deep Internal Crisis – Putin reacts To Anti-Racism Protests

US Has Deep Internal Crisis – Putin Reacts To Anti-Racism Protests

June 16, 2020 6:01 am

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Sunday spoke on the Black Lives Matter’s protests in the United States.

The US has in the past few weeks been overwhelmed by protests against racism.

This became necessary following the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a white police officer.

But Putin speaking in an interview with Russian Tv, ‘Rossiya-1’ said he supports the fight for black supremacy but condemns rioting.

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According to him, “If this fight in the US for natural rights, legal rights, turns into mayhem and rioting, I

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Coronavirus - Russia Approves New Electoral System

Breaking: Russia Approves New Electoral System

May 24, 2020 10:14 am

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Saturday approved new method of voting in future elections.

By the new law, Russians will be able to vote electronically or by mail in the future.

The new software to allow electronic voting should be available nationwide and can be used for both local and national elections, as well as referendums.

According to TASS, Backers of the new system said it will help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, since they will no longer be required to go to polling places.

The electronic system has undergone four tests in Moscow so far and not …

Trump, Putin Discuss Oil Price Plunge, Coronavirus

Trump, Putin Discuss Oil Price Plunge, Coronavirus

March 30, 2020 6:15 pm

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as Trump said Moscow is pressing for an end to US sanctions.

The two “expressed serious concern regarding the scope of the spread of the coronavirus” and “discussed closer cooperation,” according to a Kremlin statement on what it described as the “lengthy” phone call.

The White House said in a separate statement Trump and Putin had “agreed to work closely together through the G20” against the virus and the economic shock resulting from travel bans and social distancing.

Both statements reported that …

Putin Paves Way For Another Presidential Term

Vladimir Putin Paves Way For Another Presidential Term

March 10, 2020 1:44 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out running for president again beyond 2024, when his term ends.

But he told parliament that the Constitutional Court would first have to approve such a step. An MP has proposed “resetting to zero” the number of presidential terms.

Mr Vladimir Putin however rejected as “not expedient” a proposal to scrap the current rule that a president can serve no more than two consecutive terms.

He has been in power for 20 years.

But for part of that time he served as prime minister, meaning he did not have more than two consecutive …

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