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Russian President Putin and Moldovan President Dodon met in Sochi
On October 10th, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Moldovan President Igor Dodon while staying at his residence, Bocharov Ruchey, in Sochi. This was the sixth meeting of the presidents this year. The first was held in January, previous to that, the heads of the two countries had not met for nine years.
At the beginning of the talks, Putin noted that he highly appreciates Dodon's efforts to normalize Russian-Moldovan relations, although "the process is not going smoothly," as …
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Putin to meet with German businessmen including Siemens leadership team
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with representatives of German business, said Yuri Ushakov, the Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues, at a press briefing on October 9, Deutsche Welle reports.
According to Ushakov, the meeting is organized at the initiative of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations. It will be held in Sochi on October 12. German business will be represented by the heads of about 20 companies operating in the Russian market, with Siemens, …
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Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi gives Putin duvet cover for his birthday
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi flew to Russia for President Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday and presented the President with an embroidered handmade duvet cover, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reports.
The gift has a picture of Putin and Berlusconi, shaking hands. The photo of the duvet cover was also published by La Stampa and La Republica.
According to Italian media, Berlusconi congratulated Putin while they were in Sochi though the Kremlin made no official report of …
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Khodorkovsky congratulating Putin on his birthday wished him ‘to separate himself from Russia’
In an interview with TV Rain (Dozhd), founder of Open Russia political initiative Khodorkovsky said he was happy to congratulate Putin on his 65th birthday. "If Vladimir Vladimirovich found the strength to separate himself from the country (from the point of view of its management), then I think our country would finally see some prospects for the future, as would Putin himself. I really wish this for him," Khodorkovsky said.
Khodorkovsky recalled that he also had congratulated the President …
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Amnesty International demands the release of people detained at protest rallies in Russia
Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, demanded that the Russian authorities "immediately and unconditionally" release all detained protesters and investigate allegations of police abuse of power in St. Petersburg and Yakutsk, as reported by the Russian broadcast of Radio Liberty.
The Amnesty International statement notes that the rallies took place in many cities in Russia on Vladimir Putin’s birthday.
"The intention of the Kremlin is beyond doubt - to deprive the …
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Putin says he knew about the existence of nuclear bomb in North Korea for a long time
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Kim Jong-Il had already told him about the North Korean nuclear bomb in early 2000, and that the situation had not changed in the ten-year existence of the country under Western sanctions, TASS news agency reported.
"In 2001, when I was on my way to pay a visit to Japan, I made a stop in North Korea, where I had a meeting with the father of the country’s current leader. It was back then when he told me that they had a nuclear bomb. Moreover, (the …
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Putin: conditions are in place to end the war in Syria
Conditions have been created in Syria allowing for the end of the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the TV channel Russia-24 reports.
“The necessary conditions have been created for putting an end to the fratricidal war in Syria, completely destroying terrorists and allowing Syrians to return to peaceful life," said Putin.
He said that the earlier decisions on creating "de-escalation zones" in Syria created the conditions for the …
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Employees of Yandex evacuated after Putin’s visit
The offices of the company Yandex, which President Vladimir Putin visited on Thursday, were evacuated soon after his departure, the BBC Russian service reports.
Some of the staff say that a fire alarm went off, whereas others say that Yandex was due to a bomb threat.
According to TASS news agency, nearly 3000 people were evacuated from the company’s offices.
The Russian president came to Yandex in order to congratulate the company on its 20th anniversary, as well as to see its engineering – …
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Kremlin: Putin does not want to meet with Zakharchenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to meet with the leader of the separatist organization DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Alexander Zakharchenko, as stated by Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s Press Secretary, RIA Novosti reported. "No," Peskov said when asked about the possibility of Putin's meeting with Zakharchenko.
Previously, Life.ru reported that Zakharchenko arrived in the Kremlin to attend the anniversary concert of Russian singer Joseph Kobzon.
Earlier, Zakharchenko said that if …
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Putin wants to allow the sentencing of heads of companies who violate the fulfillment of state military orders
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin has submitted for consideration of the State Duma the bill that proposes 4 to 8 years of imprisonment for the heads of companies who have abused their power in implementing the state defense order (SDO). The corresponding document was published in the electronic database of the lower house of the parliament.
The bill establishes the "responsibility of the person performing administrative functions in commercial or other organizations, for …