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VLADIMIR PUTIN

COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015
Russia's war on Ukraine's economy
Ukraine's primary economic challenges are not homegrown; they are the result of Russian aggression.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2015
Russia's dissidents return
It is high time for Russians to be reminded of the ideals on which perstroika were based.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2015
Pushed by sanctions, Russia pivots to China
The Russian government has become willing to contemplate deals with China that would have been unthinkable before the sanctions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2015
Vladimir Putin in his bubble
Given Russia's economic performance, much of Vladimir Putin's speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum was first-class stand-up comedy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2015
Rise of the chest-thumping nationalist leaders
The leaders of India, China and Russia are promoting a nationalist ideology to hold their highly unequal countries together.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2015
Russia's totalitarianism 2.0
The Putin regime's approach can best be described as 'hybrid totalitarianism.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2015
Putin wary of West's nearby missile defenses, threatens to aim forces at aggressors
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be forced to aim its armed forces at any countries which might threaten it and that it was concerned about an anti-missile defense system near its borders.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2015
Russian president's secrets are right on his face
What does Vladimir Putin's face reveal about his personality and likely actions as Russia's leader?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2015
Putin is no James Bond villain
Vladimir Putin is a rogue dictator, but that doesn't mean that he is intent on destroying the world with nuclear weapons unless it bends to his will.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2015
History becomes a weapon in Russia-West rift over Ukraine
History has become a weapon in Russia's battle with the West over Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin looks increasingly to the past to whip up patriotism and rally support.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015
Poroshenko makes Putin look like a wimp
If Ukraine manages to pull out of the deepest crisis in its history and re-emerge as a functioning democratic country with a liberal economic model, it will do more to undermine Russians' passive support for Vladimir Putin than any Western pressure ever could.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015
Opposing Russian aggression
Vladimir Putin is not setting out down the path of world conquest. He is not even planning to take over Ukraine.
EDITORIALS
Jun 4, 2015
Russia cracks down again on NGOs
Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest crackdown on NGOs is just one more attempt to silence any opposition to his rule.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2015
Putin's 'black' budget hides shift toward a war economy, where defense, security absorb 34% of spending
If Vladimir Putin's ends remain mysterious, so do the means.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2015
Amid Ukraine denials, Putin orders Russian peacetime troop deaths be kept secret
President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday that the deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations in peacetime should be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending troops to fight in eastern Ukraine.

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