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Russian businessman with anti-Putin links ‘was murdered’ in London
Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home in south west London on Monday. Today counter-terror police said they were treating his death as murder after a post-mortem showed the cause of death as “compression to the neck”. Mr Glushkov was a close associate of the oligarch and arch Putin critic Boris Berezovsky,…
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Sir Andrew Wood: ‘Putin probably didn’t order’ Sergei Skripal poisoning
Sir Andrew Wood, former British ambassador to Russia and associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House, discusses the Sergei Skripal case.
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Putin signals concession on Eastern Ghouta bombardment
From 9am until 2pm, the guns will fall silent, according to the man literally calling the shots apparently over Eastern Ghouta now – President Putin of Russia. It’s a long way from the 30-day ceasefire without delay demanded by the UN Security Council. But better than non-stop fighting There will also be the much talked…
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Putin opponent arrested
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested after his supporters staged demonstrations against the forthcoming presidential election. In chaotic scenes which were caught on camera, he was bundled into a police van. Earlier police used an angle-grinder to break into his online TV channel and make arrests. Navalny is barred from standing in the…
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Masha Gessen: Trump and Putin ‘a new generation of monsters’
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials during the transition. Earlier, I spoke to Masha Gessen, journalist and long-time critic of Vladimir Putin, who has written a book called The Future is History, which argues that totalitarianism has reclaimed Russia. I started…
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Russia: We meet the woman challenging Putin for Presidency
Now stop me if this sounds familiar: a rich, reality television star is running for president – underestimated by the powers that be. This, though, is the celebrity journalist and socialite Ksenia Sobchak – who’s running for the Russian presidency against Vladimir Putin. The 36 year old hails from a well known political dynasty –…
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Trump defends Putin over election meddling claims
Earlier this week President Trump and XiJin Ping of China engaged in mutual admiration. Today it was Vladimir Putin’s turn in the margins of the APEC summit in Vietnam. Firstly they decided to work together to defeat ISIS. Secondly President Trump told reporters that Mr. Putin wasn’t just hurt by suggestions that he had medelled…
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Bill Browder: ‘I’ve hit the Achilles’ heel of the Putin regime’
A British-American businessman who has been a thorn in Russia’s side is put on the Interpol Wanted List at Moscow’s request. We speak to Bill Browder and ask if it’s anything to do with America’s sanctions specifically targeting Russia and some of their named officials.
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Putin condemns North Korea sanctions
America’s attempt to drum up support for new sanctions against North Korea has run into trouble with the Russians. Vladimir Putin said sanctions were “useless and ineffective” and called for dialogue with Pyongyang. But North Korea signalled that it will never negotiate on its nuclear programme and warned that more missile tests, which it described…
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Trump’s secret G20 meeting with Putin
He moved seats during a dinner at the G20 to sit next to Vladimir Putin. But what Donald Trump talked about with the Russian leader in this hitherto undisclosed meeting, we shall probably never know. The only other person present was a Russian translator. Mr Trump called the media speculation about the meeting “sick”.
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Bill Browder: Putin ‘not a man you want to hug’
The businessman Bill Browder hired the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky to defend him against tax evasion charges. He died in mysterious circumstances in a Russian jail after uncovering a multi-million pound money laundering scheme. Mr Browder then became a leading campaigner for the Magnitsky Act, which targeted sanctions against a list of named Russians, infuriating the…
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Trump and Putin agree Syria ceasefire deal
The US and Russia have reached a ceasefire deal in south-west Syria, one they say could be replicated elsewhere in the country. But that won’t include Raqqa, where militants from the Islamic State group have been fighting back against advancing US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces, as they move closer to the centre. Tens of thousands…
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Trump and Putin meet for first time
Welcome to Hamburg, where after all the anticipation, all the intrigue, all the build-up, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have finally held their first face-to-face talks, their encounter lasting more than two hours. They emerged with news of a ceasefire deal for Syria.
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Ian Bremmer: ‘Trump’s meeting with Putin will be his warmest at the G20’
Political scientist and President of risk consultancy Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, discusses President Trump, the G20 and NATO.
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In Putin’s heartlands
The Russian president enjoys approval ratings Western leaders can only dream of, even as they dismiss him as an isolationist and authoritarian leader. What is the secret of Putin’s appeal?
