Tag: Russia
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Red Notice: Putin is Nearby – By Chidi Amuta
Putin is nearby. Precisely, Russia’s ambitious global influencer of illiberal order has docked next door. In Niger Republic to be exact. At the end of April, the military junta in Niger kicked out the American military advisers and tiny troop contingent from their country.
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Vladimir Putin takes oath as Russia President for the fifth time
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sworn into office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony for a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky placed on ‘wanted list’ in Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been added to the list of wanted criminals by Russia a move Kyiv dismissed as a sign of Moscow’s “desperation”. Zelensky’s name appeared on Saturday on the Russian interior ministry’s “wanted” list, an online database of alleged criminals sought by the Russian authorities.
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Putin not running out of money to fund war in Ukraine
Russia’s economy will grow by 2.8 per cent this year and expand at a slightly slower 2.5 per cent in 2025, Vienna-based think tank has forecasted.
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Biden says U.S. will begin sending weapons to Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to start delivering weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week.
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Russia tightens military relations with Niger Republic
In its efforts to tighten security ties with West African nation of Niger Republic, Russia has sent some military trainers, air defence systems and other equipment to the land locked country. It would be recalled that In January Niger Republic expelled French forces that were helping fight armed rebellions in several Sahel nations and embraced…
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Putin gives only condition for peace talks with Ukraine
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin has given the only condition for peace talks with Ukraine. Putin noted that his country is open to negotiations with Ukraine but will never accept “any schemes that have nothing to do with reality”.
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Moscow shootings: Russia accuse Ukraine of giving massive financial assistance to ISIS
The Russian government has accused Ukraine of financially backing the attack at a Moscow concert hall killing over 140 persons with several out injured. An investigative committee made this disclosure on Thursday in Moscow.
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UK, taking medicines for Russia’s headache – By Owei Lakemfa
THE United Kingdom, UK, has become the chief mourner, wailing over the presidential election in Russia which gave President Vladimir Putin a new term. For a country at war and under all sorts of sanctions, it might have been expected that the Russian election would be postponed indefinitely. But it not only held, there was…
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Olympics: Putin open to Ukraine ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is open to a ceasefire during the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.