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Putin signs bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty

November 2, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban, a move that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States. Mr. Putin has said that rescinding the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,…

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Seoul says North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition, shells to Russia

November 2, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia, on September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles…

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Putin Blames Ukraine, West For Anti-Israel Riot At Russia Airport

October 30, 2023 admin

The events in Makhachkala last night were instigated through social networks, Putin said. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and the West of instigating the anti-Israel riot at Dagestan’s Makhachkala airport Sunday evening, an accusation that Washington has called absurd. Security forces have detained over 80 people since the incident, which saw…

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Russia President Vladimir Putin Says US Behind “Deadly Chaos” In Middle East

October 30, 2023 admin

The US and their satellites are the main beneficiaries of “world instability”, Putin said. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of being responsible for what he called “deadly chaos” unfolding in the Middle East. “Who is organising the deadly chaos and who benefits from it today, in my opinion, has…

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Putin calls meeting after mob storms airport in Dagestan looking for Israelis on plane from Tel Aviv

October 30, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of top security and law enforcement officials on October 30, the day after a mob stormed the airport in…

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Abortions in Russia | A chequered history from Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin

October 27, 2023 admin

Abortions were banned under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin but a commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and…

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Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

October 27, 2023 admin

Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir…

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Russia Aims To Have Its Own Space Station By 2027

October 27, 2023 admin

ISS is now 25 years old (Representational) Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia’s new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027. In a meeting with space industry officials, Putin also…

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Israel-Hamas Conflict Could Spread Beyond Middle East, Warns Russia President Vladimir Putin

October 25, 2023 admin

Israel-Hamas War: Putin said certain unnamed forces were seeking to provoke further escalation. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Israel’s conflict with Hamas could spread well beyond the Middle East and said it was wrong that innocent women, children and old people in Gaza were being punished for other people’s crimes. Putin, who…

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Kremlin rejects speculation that Putin is ill and uses body doubles

October 24, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin on October 24 denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances. “Everything is fine with him, this is absolutely another fake,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said…

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