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VLADIMIR PUTIN

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 11, 2023
North Korean weapons cache gives Kim a role in the Kremlin’s invasion
Kim Jong Un is expected to cross into Russia this week for his first trip outside the peninsula in four years for talks with Vladimir Putin.
A Russian rescuer speaks on his mobile phone next to a wall bearing an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a polling station during local elections organized by the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2023
As war rages, Kremlin sends Russians, and Ukrainians, to vote
Along with local voting, Russian authorities also held elections in the four Ukrainian regions Moscow annexed a year ago in illegal referendums.
Brazil's President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva meets with then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow in May 2010.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2023
Lula says Putin can visit Brazil for G20 without fear of arrest
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is subject to an international arrest warrant over his invasion of Ukraine, skipped India’s G20 summit.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 7, 2023
China sending officials to North Korea before Kim’s Russia trip
The Chinese group led by Liu Guozhong will travel to North Korea for celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the country’s founding on Saturday.
An Indian security officer on patrol in New Delhi ahead of the Group of 20 Summit
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 7, 2023
With G20, U.S. welcomes India's rise while accepting differences
The United States has viewed the fellow democracy as a natural ally that can rival an autocratic and increasingly assertive China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, in April 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2023
U.S. says North Korea's Kim expects to meet Putin for arms deal
The two pariah states are reportedly looking to reach a deal on weapons in exchange for food and satellite and submarine technological support.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2023
Turkey's Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon
Russia quit the deal in July, complaining that its own food and fertilizer exports faced serious obstacles.
Russian Communist Party supporters attend a ceremony in Red Square on March 5, 2021, marking the 68th anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s death.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2023
In Russia and Israel, national derangement runs wild
How can a priest bless a statue of Stalin and rabbis praise Nazism? In societies that are coming undone, absurd claims take root.
Demonstrators in Warsaw protest against Vladimir Putin and the war on Aug. 24, Ukraine’s official Independence Day.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2023
It would be wise to not personally humiliate Putin
Defeating autocrats like Vladimir Putin in an aggressive war requires progress on the battlefield, and rhetoric alone is unlikely to achieve the goal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2023
Putin’s China visit marks renewed assurance, expert says
The Russian president's plan to travel to China demonstrates a confidence that his authority is stronger than ever after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2023
Russia says genetic tests confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin died in plane crash
The private jet crashed two months to the day after Prigozhin led an abortive mutiny against the Russian Army's top brass.
A new Russian textbook for high school students on general world and national history
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2023
Putin’s history lessons fail to heed the lessons of history
Putin seems to have forgotten is that rewriting history to serve the interests of those in power tends to invite dissent and often backfires.
A billboard promoting contract army service in front of the Private Military Company Wagner Center in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2023
Kremlin eyes how to bring private military group under its control
The organization’s military prowess, experienced operators and ties to African governments may be too valuable to lose.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2023
With Prigozhin’s death, Putin projects a message of power
The Kremlin appears to be sending the signal that no degree of effectiveness can protect someone from punishment for disloyalty.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, speaks in an unknown location, in this still image taken from video published on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2023
Prigozhin's presumed death may create new problems for Putin
A full investigation of the cause of the crash is unlikely to shake the belief that he was killed as an act of vengeance for staging a mutiny.
Emergency specialists carry a body bag near wreckage of the private jet that was believed to be carrying Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, at the crash site in Russia's Tver region on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2023
Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin believed to have died in fatal plane crash
No cause was announced but the crash immediately raised suspicions that Prigozhin had been killed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Aug. 18. Putin’s authority as a guarantor of stability has taken a big hit in the wake of the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 21, 2023
Putin turns to ruble and ballot to shore up shaken authority
Despite growing misgivings among Russia’s elites, for the regular voter, Putin remains wildly popular.
A man examines the rates at a currency exchange office in Moscow on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 19, 2023
Russia’s powerful split into squabbling factions over the ruble
Sparring over the ruble’s plunge focused on what caused it just as much as on what to do about it.
Ksenia Sobchak, one of the best-known media figures still based in Russia
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2023
Ksenia Sobchak's advice to anti-war Russians: Find ways to cope
At once Putin insider and critic, Russia-based media figure Ksenia Sobchak opposes the war. But she wants those like her to accept it, rather than resist.
Children from nongovernment controlled territories who attended a Russian-organized summer camp and were then taken to Russia wait for departure to Kyiv, after returning via the Ukraine-Belarus border, in Volyn region, Ukraine on April 7.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2023
Kremlin aide who took Ukraine minors to Russia tied to neo-Nazism
Russia claims its deportation of Ukrainian children, described by international prosecutors as illegal, is to protect them from "Nazism."
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
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Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
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