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The young Russian TikTokers fighting Putin and risking arrest
Now young Russian activists are using the social media app Tiktok to create videos in support of free speech and rallying the public against the government and its treatment of Alexei Navalny, the anti-Putin, anti-corruption politician and activist. They hope to bring down Putin and are risking it arrest to challenge his regime.
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Putin’s billion-dollar palace shows ‘astonishing hypocrisy’ of regime – Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara- Murza
We spoke to the Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, and started by asking him what he made of video released today, showing Vladimir Putin dunking himself in ice-cold water to mark the Russian Orthodox day of Epiphany – a ceremony that supposedly symbolises a person cleansing themself of sin.
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Russia backs reforms to keep President Putin in power until 2036
In Russia – nearly 78 percent of voters have handed President Putin the right to stay in power until the age of 83.
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Putin warns army could be deployed as Russia’s coronavirus cases surge
As cases of coronavirus begin surging in Russia, with almost 28,000 infections and 232 deaths – President Putin has announced that the annual celebration of the victory over Nazi Germany on 9 May will be postponed.
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Putin and Erdogan agree Syria ceasefire
Turkey and Russia have declared a ceasefire in north west Syria, scheduled to begin tonight.
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‘It’s clear Putin will not simply resign and relax into retirement’ – Anton Troianovski, NY Times
Joining me now from Moscow is Anton Troianovski, the Moscow correspondent for the New York Times.
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Russian cabinet resigns after Putin calls for power shake-up
The entire Russian cabinet has resigned, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
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Putin and Zelensky hold first face-to-face talks on Ukraine conflict
It is a five-year conflict that has cost 13,000 lives and displaced millions. Today Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Vladimir Putin at talks in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks to end Ukraine’s war with Russia.
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Author Yascha Mounk on Putin’s ‘obsolete’ liberalism claim: ‘Putin may be speaking more from fear than confidence’
Liberalism, even democratic socialism, might be flourishing in parts of the United States, with the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waving the banner of progressive politics.
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Putin jokes with Trump and is scolded by May
Jokes with Donald Trump, long faces with Theresa May. That’s the way Vladimir Putin likes to roll at the G20 summit in Japan.
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Erdogan and Putin urge one another to implement Idlib ceasefire in Syria
The truce with jihadist rebels, brokered by Turkey last year, has broken down.
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Putin says Salisbury suspects are civilians, not criminals
Last week, Russia was denying any knowledge of the suspects in the chemical attack in Salisbury. Now Russia’s President says the men have been found and are “nothing special, just civilians”. Vladimir Putin added that he hoped they would soon tell their story in public. “It will be better for everyone,” he said.
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Trump and Putin debate: how they’ve changed the world
Diplomacy on Twitter, two of the world’s most powerful men making agreements behind closed doors, institutions like Nato and the European Union under attack from their closest ally. A quarter of a century ago we were all talking about the end of history. Now, with Trump and Putin in charge, it is the end of…
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Trump surprises security chiefs with Putin invite
Welcome to the White House, Vladimir Putin. That came as a total surprise to his top security officials, as Donald Trump issued an impromptu invitation to the Russian President to visit Washington. After a week of daily conflicting statements, Mr Trump declared the two leaders “get along well”, although he insisted if things went wrong…
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Donald Trump furiously defends meeting with Vladimir Putin but backtracks on comments
Donald Trump has furiously defended his Helsinki meeting with Vladimir Putin, denouncing “haters” who he accused of “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. It’s just a day after he claimed he had “misspoken” when he appeared to back Mr Putin’s denial of any Russian interference in US elections – comments which provoked outrage from all sides, including leading…