Contents tagged with Putin
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Russian and Belarus governments to present integration plans to Putin and Lukashenko by December 1
The governments of Belarus and Russia will present a roadmap for integrating the two countries to their presidents by December 1, RIA Novosti reports, citing Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhey Rumas.
“We are working on it now in order to present draft roadmaps to the presidents by December 1,” Rumas said.
He also added that a session of the Council of Ministers of the Union State has been scheduled for November 19, after which he will discuss integration plans with Russian Prime Minister …
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Putin orders to replace Wikipedia and rewrite Russian dictionary
Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a session of the Russian Language Council in the Kremlin on Tuesday, during which he ordered the preparation of a “corpus of dictionaries and grammars” that will enshrine the linguistic norms that are mandatory for state organs and the media. He also approved a bill to establish a replacement for Wikipedia that is meant to provide Russians with “more reliable” information.
War has been declared against the Russian language by “cave-dwelling Russophobes” …
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Putin's favorite singer banned entry to Latvia
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs reported on his Facebook page that the famous Russian singer Grigory Leps (Lepsveridze) was banned entry to Latvia.
"Taking into account the assessment of the security services in accordance to the migration law, I decided to include Russian citizen Grigory Lepsveridze in the list of undesirable persons of the Republic of Latvia, banning him entry to Latvia indefinitely," said Latvian Foreign Minister. Rinkēvičs did not give any other reasons for his …
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Russia to equip new corvette with Zircon hypersonic missiles
Russia’s latest corvette, the “Gremyashchiy”, which is currently in the final stages of testing, will be equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles, announced Russian President Vladimir Putin during an inspection of the ship, the TASS news agency reports.
The Russian president decided to visit the ship while on a trip to Kaliningrad. The ship’s commander, Second-rank Captain Roman Dovgaylov drew Putin’s attention to the bow of the vessel, which contains launcher pods for Kalibr cruise missiles. …
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Putin’s nephew’s net worth estimated at $1.2 billion
The Russian news outlet “Proekt” estimates that Mikhail Shelomov, the 51 year-old son of Vladimir Putin’s cousin, has a net worth of $1.2 billion. This is the value of his share in the Sogaz insurance company and in Rossiya Bank, which he owns through the company “Accept”.
Shelomov also holds another 2.1% package of shares in Rossiya Bank through the company “Platinum”. He told Novaya Gazeta previously in an interview that his president uncle has nothing to do with the Accept company.
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Kremlin: withdrawal of Kurdish troops in Syria completed ahead of schedule
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said during a meeting with his Armenian counterpart David Tonoyan that the withdrawal of armed Kurdish units from the security zone on the Syrian-Turkish border has been completed ahead of time, reports TASS. According to Shoygu, both Syrian border guards and Russian military police entered these territories.
On October 22, at the meeting in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to resolve the military …
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Putin and Merkel discuss gas transit to Europe via Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a telephone conversation to discuss the continuation of Russian gas transit to the EU through Ukraine after 2019, reports the Kremlin’s press service.
According to the Kremlin’s press service, Putin and Merkel discussed the transit in connection with the beginning of the next stage of the trilateral gas consultation of Russia, the EU, and Ukraine in Brussels. The parties are working on a decision on gas transit after the …
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Putin: Russia will help Sudan to normalize internal political situation
Russia will provide assistance to Sudan in order to normalize the country’s internal political situation. Moscow plans to insist that the global community treat the Sudanese issue impartially and objectively, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, as cited by RIA Novosti.
The Russian leader emphasized that Sudan is one of Russia’s “long-standing reliable partners”, which Russia appreciates. He noted that Moscow also appreciates the “traditional solidarity” of its Sudanese partners in opposing “ …
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Putin: Russia has written off $20 billion of African debt
Russia has written off more than $20 billion of debt owed by African countries, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a plenary session of the Russia – Africa Economic Forum, reports finanz.ru.
This is 42% more than the annual budget of Russia’s entire higher education system ($14 billion), and more than the amount that will be allocated to the national healthcare project between now and 2024 ($18.8 billion), for example.
Putin said that Moscow is systematically contributing to the …
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Putin informs Assad about outcome of negotiations with Erdogan
Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin updated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the outcome of the meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Sochi on Tuesday, reports TASS.
"The Russian President informed his Syrian counterpart about the outcome of the meeting [with Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan," said Peskov. According to him, Putin told Assad about the key provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding drawn up as a result of the …