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VLADIMIR PUTIN

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WORLD
May 9, 2022
Putin to mark Soviet World War II victory as Ukraine decries school bombing
About 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb struck a school in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.
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WORLD
May 6, 2022
Love letter and ID card point to Russian units that terrorized Bucha
Journalists interviewed more than 90 residents, reviewing photographic and video evidence these locals shared and examining documents left behind by the Russians.
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WORLD
May 5, 2022
What is Russia’s Victory Day and why is it so significant this year?
Because Russia's invasion has failed to produce much in the way of victories, some analysts fear that President Vladimir Putin will use the occasion to escalate the war in Ukraine.
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WORLD
May 4, 2022
Russia’s war has been brutal, but Putin has shown some restraint. Why?
Officials are debating the Kremlin's calculations in not trying harder to halt arms shipments. Analysts wonder whether a bigger mobilization by Moscow is on the horizon.
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WORLD
May 3, 2022
They fell deeply in love in Bucha. One Russian bullet ended it all.
Iryna Abramova has lost almost everything: her husband, her home, three of her four pets; her life savings, in cash, turned to ash.
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WORLD
May 3, 2022
Russia swerves to avoid default: What's next?
Russia's $40 billion in international bonds and the chance of a default have become the focus of global financial markets since it was hit with sanctions.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2022
Why Putin wants to destroy Ukraine
For Vladimir Putin and the elite around him, the war against Ukraine is a civil war, a struggle for the very idea of Russia and for the rightness of its history as they define it.
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WORLD
May 2, 2022
One Russian tycoon criticized the war. Retribution came the next day.
Oleg Y. Tinkov was worth more than $9 billion in November. Then, last month, Tinkov, the founder of one of Russia's biggest banks, criticized the war in Ukraine in a post on Instagram.
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WORLD
Apr 29, 2022
Zelenskyy and Putin invited to G20 summit in Indonesia
The decision to invite both leaders shows the delicate balance Indonesia is trying to keep as the G20 host this year.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022
The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism
After the economic and political turmoil of the post-Soviet 1990s, people craved stability and were willing to restore the KGB back to the top echelons of government to get it.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2022
What’s the best way to deal with that bully? Join NATO.
Membership would make Sweden and Finland safer and the alliance stronger. But there's a time window of vulnerability.
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Apr 27, 2022
Vladimir Putin defends Kamila Valieva's 'perfection'
Russia's president said the teenager's performances at the Beijing Olympics were free of doping after her positive test from December cast a shadow over the women's singles event.
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WORLD
Apr 27, 2022
Online army deploys to save Ukraine's art and heritage
Historians, librarians and IT specialists from around the world have joined forces since the invasion began to form an online army to back up everything from websites to libraries.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 26, 2022
Tokyo needs to brace itself for return of a new cold war
Russia's invasion of Ukraine might solidify a renewed cold war bloc that includes China and North Korea, two states that pose a threat to Japan.
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WORLD
Apr 26, 2022
Emboldened by Ukraine’s grit, U.S. wants to see Russia weakened
The U.S. not only wants to thwart the Russian invasion but also aims to weaken Russia so that it can no longer carry out such military aggression anywhere.
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WORLD
Apr 26, 2022
How Zelenskyy ended political discord and put Ukraine on a war footing
Ukrainian politics were known for sharp-elbowed infighting. But as he defends his country against the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy has his government presenting a unified front.
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WORLD
Apr 26, 2022
Russia warns 'serious' nuclear war risks should not be underestimated
Russia's top diplomat said considerable risks of nuclear war remain, warning that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east.
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WORLD
Apr 25, 2022
Top U.S. officials meet Zelenskyy in show of solidarity with Ukraine
This is the highest-level U.S. visit to the war-torn country since Russia invaded, but Ukraine's leader said the envoys 'should not come here with empty hands.'
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2022
U.S. and EU are looking at ways to slash Putin's oil money
But one U.S. concern is that an outright EU ban on Russian oil could see prices skyrocket and give the Kremlin even more revenue.
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WORLD
Apr 22, 2022
With sunken warship, Russian disinformation faces a test
Families whose sons were listed as missing after the Russian flagship in the Black Sea sank a week ago are demanding answers in increasing numbers, testing Moscow's narrative of the war.

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