Vladimir Putin

Putin And Kim Pledge Mutual Help Against ‘Aggression’
20 Jun

Putin And Kim Pledge Mutual Help Against ‘Aggression’

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Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have signed an agreement pledging that Russia and North Korea will help each other in the event of "aggression" against either country. The Russian president made the announcement following talks with Mr Kim during a lavish visit to Pyongyang, his first since 2000. Mr Kim said it took their relationship to "a new, high level of alliance". The pact cements a rapidly blossoming partnership that has worried the West. It could also have significant ramifications for the world, say observers. Any kind of mutual defence treaty could possibly see Moscow assisting Pyongyang in a…
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Putin Has Unleashed A Twisted New Wave Of Antisemitism
01 Nov

Putin Has Unleashed A Twisted New Wave Of Antisemitism

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President Vladimir Putin was the rarest of things: a Russian strongman who was proud to boast of his positive relationship with the Jewish community after centuries of pogroms and antisemitism which blighted both imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. Putin was, in 2005, the first Russian leader to visit Israel, where he staged an emotional reunion with a former high school teacher. He elevated his Jewish childhood friends Arkady and Boris Rotenberg to the heights of oligarchic power and was careful to rein in allies who used antisemitic tropes. That reputation was destroyed on the global stage last weekend when riotous antisemitic gangs roamed through Russian cities looking for…
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Russia Gives Kim Jong Un An Inside Look At Its Warplanes And Frigates
18 Sep

Russia Gives Kim Jong Un An Inside Look At Its Warplanes And Frigates

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected warplanes, toured an airfield and visited a Pacific Fleet frigate on Saturday as the latest stop on his tour of Russia took him to Vladivostok. Russian state media reported that Kim had met Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Knevichi airfield in Vladivostok before both men were accompanied by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, on a visit to the Pacific Fleet frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov. Kim was welcomed by Shoigu upon his arrival and the two discussed military cooperation “between armed forces… and in the fields of their national…
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Putin Says US Responsible For Ukraine Crisis
10 Apr

Putin Says US Responsible For Ukraine Crisis

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Unlike the West, Russia views the happenings in Ukraine as a crisis rather than an invasion or war. Ties between Moscow and Washington have disintegrated since Putin sent troops to Ukraine last year. Putin spoke a week after Moscow detained a US reporter and charged him with espionage, sparking outrage. “Relations between Russia and the United States, from which global security and stability directly depend, are going through a deep crisis,” Putin told the new US envoy as he swore in 17 ambassadors. He said US foreign policy “in the end led to the current Ukrainian crisis”. The longtime Russian…
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Vladimir Putin Sends Akufo-Addo Independence Day Message
06 Mar

Vladimir Putin Sends Akufo-Addo Independence Day Message

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The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana on the occasion of the country’s 66th Independence Day celebration. In a letter addressed to Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Putin wished him (Akufo-Addo) good health and success and Ghanaians peace. The Russian President also said that he hopes that the relationship between Ghana and Russia will continue to grow. “Please accept my sincere congratulations on the occasion of the National Holiday of the Republic of Ghana - the Independence Day! “I am confident that the traditionally friendly relations between Russia and…
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