Contents tagged with Putin
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Putin doubts Turkey's ability to defeat ‘terrorists’ in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he doubts that Turkey will be able to contain Islamic State militants based in northern Syria as a result of its new military operation.
According to Putin, so far the areas with IS militants were controlled by Kurdish military formations. "Now the Turkish army is there, the Kurds are abandoning these camps, they [ISIS militants] can just run away. I am not sure whether the Turkish army will be able to take control of it, and how quickly," Putin said …
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German Foreign Ministry orders consulates not to recognize Russian passports issued in Donbas
The German Foreign Ministry has ordered all German consulates not to recognize Russian passports issued to Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied Donbas territories, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk wrote in a tweet.
“Treason has been canceled. The leadership of the German Foreign Ministry told me personally about an instruction to all German consulates not to recognize Russian passports issued to Ukrainians in the occupied Donbas,” Melnyk wrote.
On April 24, Russian …
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Putin to Head of Crimea: it’s our responsibility to ensure everyone has a job they like
On October 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with newly appointed Russian governors, including the Head of the annexed Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov.
Aksyonov reported on his Facebook page about the tasks that the Russian President sets before newly elected governors.
"President Putin noted that to achieve big national development goals, it is necessary to make sure that every person has a job he likes and prosperity so that both large and small cities and rural areas have …
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Putin gives himself, Medvedev and heads of security a salary raise
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday to increase the salaries of senior government officials.
According to the decree published on the official legal information website, as of October 1, the salaries of the president, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and key security department chiefs will be indexed to 4.3%, the official inflation rate.
Raises will be received by Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov, and …
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Russia hands over anti-missile technology to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club said that Russia is helping China to create a missile warning system. According to him, only Russia and the United States have this technology now, reports Interfax news agency.
"I probably will not reveal a big secret, it will become clear, anyway, that now we are helping our Chinese partners to create a system of the early-warning radar system," said Putin.
The system, which includes ground-based radars …
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Putin: foreign countries attempted to prevent Russia's military operation in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club that some foreign partners tried to prevent the beginning of the Russian military operation in Syria.
"Some foreign partners, with whom we work in the international arena, tried to interfere, and to impede[the operations of the Russian Armed Forces]," said Putin.
The Russian President recalled that the decision to start the operation was made in 2015 and was discussed at the session of the Valdai Club. …
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Russia helps China create missile strike warning system
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has been helping China to create a missile strike warning system,reports RBC news agency.
“Perhaps I won’t reveal to you the big secret, but it will still become clear. We are currently helping our Chinese partners to create a missile strike warning system. It’s a very serious thing, which will fundamentally enhance China’s defensive capability. Because at present, only the US and Russia have such a system,” the president said during a session …
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Putin fires Russia’s ‘chief jailer’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to dismiss a number of senior security forces personnel. One of them is Colonel-General Gennady Kornienko, Director of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service.
The Russian media reports that his dismissal is linked to his reaching the age limit for service – 65.
In actual fact, Kornienko has not led the department since the start of September. He reportedly went on holiday on September 2, appointing his first deputy Anatoly Rudy as acting …
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US Ambassador to Russia: Big plans for Trump-Putin meeting were abandoned
Russian President Vladimir Putin could have visited Washington at the start of the year, and US President Donald Trump could have visited Russia in the second half, retiring US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman told Kommersant in an interview.
When asked whether such an option was actually considered, Huntsman nodded.
The two leaders’ plans changed due to the incident at the Kerch Strait in which Ukrainian sailors were captured by Russian border guards. “Yes. I won’t go into the details, but …
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Putin names condition for withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Before the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Yerevan, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked a question about Russia's obligations with regards to Georgia and Abkhazia. A journalist of the Georgian TV channel Rustavi-2 asked Putin when he intends to start fulfilling the commitments made in 2008. Putin replied: "We always fulfill them."
The journalist then asked when the Russian troops are expected to be withdrawn from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, calling them "occupied territories of …