YAROSLAVL (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that he was not ready to become Russia's leader when late President Boris Yeltsin first offered him run for president.
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Intelligence officials are increasingly frustrated that President Donald Trump seems unwilling or unable to pay attention to their briefings — which contain some of the world’s most closely guarded secrets. The president continues to...
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It’s an iPhone. It's an Apple Watch. It's, um, both. And it costs $21,050.
Yes, Caviar, the Russian company that gave us the golden Vladimir Putin iPhone, just dropped the Swiss Dreams Watchphone.
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The identity card, issued more than three decades ago by East Germany’s Stasi secret police, would be of little interest were it not for the name of the man staring out: Vladimir Putin. The card was issued in 1986 when Putin was a mid-ranking...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russian intelligence services knew nothing about Russian national Maria Butina arrested in the United States over alleged attempts to influence US policy towards Moscow.
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Time Magazine Names Four Journalists And A Newspaper As Person Of The Year
In recent weeks there has been tons of speculation over who Time Magazine would name as their Person of the Year. While many braced for the possibility that Donald Trump or...
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Don’t look now, but Vladimir Putin has racked up another win in his latest skirmish with the west.
The victory took place Nov. 25 in the Kerch Strait, the narrow strip of water separating the disputed Crimean Peninsula from the Russian mainland to...
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook.
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Kremlin officials and Russia's opposition on Tuesday gathered to pay tribute to Russia's most prominent human rights activist, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who died at age 91.
Alexeyeva, a staunch and uncompromising rights advocate, made a name for herself...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended the jailing of an elderly rights activist over calls to protest, stressing he wants to prevent events like France's "yellow vest" revolt.
The Russian leader was responding to an appeal to free...
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At the beginning of December, President Donald Trump was very unhappy with the high price of militarism. "I am certain that, at some time in the future, [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping] and I, together with President [Vladimir] Putin of Russia, will...
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The story, reported by Bild magazine, has already made its way into English, Italian, Czech, and Turkish-language media, with the Kremlin saying the card may have been issued to Putin as part of an inter-agency agreement between the Stasi and the...
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The gun-rights activist has been accused of working for the Kremlin, including an attempt to arrange a meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed in phone talks on Monday the recent Kerch Strait incident, as well as the situation around the INF Treaty and the developments in Syria, the Kremlin...
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping's comfort with Venezuela's dystopia encapsulates their utter disinterest in basic human interests. But that speaks to something broader: the contrast between Russia and China's foreign policy doctrine, and that of...
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Oh noes, it appears Putin's National Rifle Association honeypot doesn't like being in jail. CNN:
Accused Russian spy Maria Butina appears to have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Butina is accused of trying to infiltrate Republican...
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Donald Trump, Vladmir Putin, Robert Mueller and Christine Blasey Ford are among other contenders announced by the weekly news magazine.
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Via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
Russian President Vladimir Putin put it succinctly when he recently warned that prospects for peace in Ukraine were negligible as long as the current authorities in Kiev remain in power. Worse, given a new rash...
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Before he was president, Donald Trump favored an orderly White House with minimal staff turnover. In January 2010, the businessman attacked his predecessor, Barack Obama, for his turnover in the Chief of Staff position on Twitter—only to now see...
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Electoral interference in the digital age—against any open society—offers Russian President Vladimir Putin a way to weaken or unseat democratic competitors without declaring war, putting soldiers at risk, or spending much money, David Shimer...