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Quote of the day by Vladimir Putin: ‘It's better to be hanged for loyalty than rewarded for…’Vladimir Putin, Russia's long-serving President since 1999, boasts a background in law and the KGB. His tenure has seen a consolidation of ...- Putin completes quarter century, polls show he's still popular in Kremlin's hot seatVladimir Putin marked 25 years as Russia's leader, rising from an obscure ex-KGB colonel to a dominant political figure. He addressed the s...
- Who will succeed Putin? Russian President says succession is always...Vladimir Putin, Russia's leader, says he is considering his succession. He suggests multiple candidates should be available for the people ...
- Is August the dangerous month in the financial calendarIt is believed that the trading in the stock market remains light in August, and the market itself remains calm. But people in the field of...
- Country going through difficult period: Vladimir PutinVictory in the March 15-17 contest will allow Putin to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Cather...
- Putin may next month hint he will run in Russia's 2024 electionRussian President Vladimir Putin may announce his decision to participate in the 2024 elections in November, as per Kommersant newspaper. T...
- Don't expect US President Vladimir Putin to fall anytime soon, says Western officialPutin, the longest-serving paramount Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, has dominated Russia for nearly 23 years since Boris Yeltsin gave h...
- Why Vladimir Putin still has widespread support in RussiaIn the absence of obvious alternatives to Putin, only his health is likely a significant potential threat to his rule at the moment, and re...
- 1991 Russia coup: A personal as well as a political tragedy for GorbachevIn August, the conspirators placed Gorbachev and his family under house arrest at their vacation home on the Black Sea. However, their goal...
- Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the worldIn nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the dem...
- How long can Russian President Vladimir Putin hold on to power?The conventional story of Putin's grip on the presidency rightly points to his informal power over Russia's elites, grounded on his trainin...
- Some prominent Russians quit jobs, refuse to support warAnatoly Chubais, who was President Vladimir Putin's envoy to international organizations on sustainable development, is well known in Russi...
- Vladimir Putin aide Chubais quits over Ukraine warFour weeks into a war that has driven a quarter of Ukraine's 44 million people from their homes, Russia has failed to capture a single majo...
- USSR's death blow was struck 30 years ago in a hunting lodgeShushkevich noted that Eduard Shirkovsky, the head of the republic's KGB who was at the hunting lodge, had assured him there was no threat....
- Biathlon - Russians sing anthem alone as organisers play wrong tuneBIATHLON-WORLD-ANTHEM:Biathlon - Russians sing anthem alone as organisers play wrong tune
- Biathlon-Russians sing anthem alone as organisers play wrong tuneBIATHLON-WORLD/ANTHEM:Biathlon-Russians sing anthem alone as organisers play wrong tune
- PM Modi's facepalm moment at FacebookPM Narendra Modi may not have been born in an elite background. But he has been an important leader for years.
- Sergei Pugachev who used to be known as 'the Kremlin's banker' is suing Russia.He even claimed that he was actually the one who suggested professional spy Vladimir Putin as a candidate - not Yeltsin-era Boris Berezovks...
- Is Russian President Vladimir Putin the richest man on earth?I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership, I believe that is my greatest wealth, says Putin.
- Vladimir Putin says 'undecided' about future after 2018Vladimir Putin said he has not yet decided whether he will stay in power beyond 2018, when the presidential mandate he is set to win in the...
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