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VLADIMIR PUTIN

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WORLD
Jun 6, 2022
Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east
Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works, while Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by Eastern European countries to Ukraine.
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WORLD
Jun 5, 2022
Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks; Ukraine touts counterattack in east
Explosions rock Ukrainian capital while both Kyiv and Moscow claim gains around city of Sievierodonetsk.
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WORLD
Jun 4, 2022
Thousands swept up as Kremlin clamps down on war criticism
The arrests are a stark gauge of how Russia has intensified repression of critics. At least 50 people now face yearslong prison sentences.
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WORLD
Jun 4, 2022
100 days of war: Death, destruction and loss in Ukraine
Russia's brutal invasion has ripped apart predictions, reawakened old alliances, tested others and spread death and destruction across Ukraine.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2022
Putin’s unconditional surrender should not be the goal
The Ukrainian demand that Russia withdraw its troops is a legitimate position to adopt. But it is a position, not an ultimatum; compromises should be reached once negotiations begin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
Putin thinks his biggest ally in Ukraine is time
For Ukraine, still outgunned and economically devastated, a key risk lies in the durability of the lifeline of fiscal and military support from abroad.
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BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
How the world is paying for Putin's war in Ukraine
Russia is being propelled by a flood of cash that could average $800 million a day this year — and that's just what the commodity superpower is raking in from oil and gas.
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WORLD
May 31, 2022
Russia faces deepest economic crisis in a generation, but many have yet to feel it
Trade with the outside world has plunged, consumers are reluctant to spend and rising prices on basic items are starting to squeeze household budgets.
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WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2022
EU leaders back push to ban most Russia oil over Putin’s war
The sanctions would forbid the purchase of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia delivered to member states by sea but would include a temporary exemption for pipeline crude.
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WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2022
Boris Yeltsin's son-in-law quits as Putin adviser, sources say
Valentin Yumashev was an unpaid adviser with limited influence on Putin's decision-making, but his departure removes one of the last links inside Putin's administration to Yeltsin's rule.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2022
Why so few big rats have fled Putin’s ship
If the rats aren't running, Vladimir Putin's ship isn't sinking, at least not from the rats' point of view.
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WORLD
May 29, 2022
Diplomats fear Russia may use Syrian aid as bargaining chip in Ukraine
Countries in Europe and the Middle East could see a new surge in refugees if Russia shuts down the last humanitarian convoy route into Syria.
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WORLD
May 28, 2022
How a Russian billionaire shielded assets from European sanctions
Andrey Melnichenko ceded ownership of two of the world's largest coal and fertilizers companies to his wife the day before he was sanctioned by the European Union, sources said.
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BUSINESS
May 28, 2022
Europe’s push to punish Putin is falling short of the rhetoric
Diplomats and officials are getting increasingly frustrated the EU may already be reaching the limits of the short-term pain it can inflict on Russia.
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WORLD
May 28, 2022
Ferocious Russian attacks spur fresh accusations of genocide in Ukraine
A new report by legal scholars and human rights experts said mass killings and deliberate attacks on shelters by Russian forces had established a 'genocidal pattern” against Ukrainians.
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WORLD
May 27, 2022
As Russia diverges from the global economy, Soviet-style scarcity looms
The economic toll on Russia, although difficult to quantify, has spread widely, from its largest companies to its small shops and workers.
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BUSINESS
May 26, 2022
Russia poised to act against ruble rebound that’s seen as a threat
Gains in the currency are giving the government pause, as they bite into exporter competitiveness and budget revenue on oil, gas and other commodities sold abroad.
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WORLD
May 24, 2022
Russian official calls out war in a fiery exit
The mid-level U.N. diplomat became the most prominent Russian official to resign and publicly criticize Putin's war in Ukraine.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2022
Understanding the extent of Chinese public support for Russia
The Chinese public is purported to overwhelmingly be on Russia's side amid the invasion of Ukraine, but there is little appetite for China to play an active role.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2022
How the invasion of Ukraine could change the global map
The fate of Ukraine will shape how states around the world behave in their territorial disputes, especially where Western interests are involved.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami