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Russia confirms coronavirus case in Putin's administration, tightens curbs

Mar 27, 2020

The Kremlin confirmed a coronavirus case in President Vladimir Putin's administration on Friday and the government said measures imposed in Moscow to fight the virus should be extended across Russia.

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After Putin's Big Fail, Russia Braces for COVID-19 Onslaught

Mar 26, 2020

Only days after the Kremlin assured the Russians that the coronavirus pandemic was under control, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “the momentum is high and a serious situation is unfolding.

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Russia is reportedly reviewing legislation that could put coronavirus quarantine breakers in jail for up to 7 years

Mar 25, 2020

After preaching calm, the Kremlin sounds like it's ready to take the coronavirus pandemic a lot more seriously, The Guardian reports.

Headlines

Russia Swore It Whipped the Virus, and Fox and CNN Bought It

Mar 24, 2020

As the world reels from the novel coronavirus pandemic, Russia is doing its best to turn global turmoil into propaganda fodder.

World

Kremlin says coronavirus aid to Italy is not a ploy to get EU sanctions lifted

Mar 23, 2020

The Kremlin said on Monday that medical assistance Russia was providing to Italy to help it battle the new coronavirus was not part of an attempt to get Rome help lift EU sanctions on Moscow.

World

The Russians Are Coming Again, and They’re Winning

Mar 23, 2020

On a warm fall evening in late 2018, I received a message on Twitter from a group of self-described “anonymous hackers” who claimed they’d swiped Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s database.

World

Kremlin says Putin does not need a coronavirus test as he has no symptoms

Mar 20, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been tested for the new coronavirus and does not need to undergo such a test because he is healthy and has no symptoms, the Kremlin said on Friday.

World

Russian opposition leader urges constitution vote boycott

Mar 19, 2020

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Thursday urged Russians to boycott a vote on constitutional changes backed by President Vladimir Putin, slamming plans to hold it during the pandemic.

Headlines

The Inevitable Shoe Drops: DOJ Dismisses Mueller’s Charges against Russian Businesses

Mar 19, 2020

More than an investigation, the Mueller probe was the wellspring of a political narrative.

Headlines

Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock, says Kremlin

Mar 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, saying all Kremlin staff involved in his events schedule were undergoing mandatory testing for the virus.

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Putin Worries Coronavirus Could Screw Up His Constitutional ‘Coronation’

Mar 17, 2020

MOSCOW—Around the world, more than 5,000 people have died from COVID-19 and European countries are closing their borders one after another, but authorities in Russia—adjacent to both Europe and China—continue acting as if people here in the motherland have some kind of magical immunity.

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Putin signs Russia's constitutional reform law

Mar 14, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed the package of constitutional reforms he had proposed, including a clause giving him an option to run for two more terms.

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Putin Saw a World in Turmoil and Decided It Needs More Putin

Mar 12, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin changed his mind and backed a plan to allow him to run for two more presidential terms because of the current turbulent period in the world, his spokesman said, in the Kremlin’s first public explanation of a move that would let him rule until 2036.

World

Russian Media Freak Over Joe Biden’s Election Resurrection

Mar 08, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday victories in 10 out of 14 state primaries caused shock waves not only in the United States, but in Russia.

Headlines

Ex-Kremlin aide says Ukraine will never reclaim rebel east

Feb 26, 2020

A former senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine will never be able to regain control over the separatist-controlled east.

Headlines

Chris Wallace Relentlessly Grills Top Pence Aide on Russia Briefing: ‘You Say None of This Happened?!’

Feb 23, 2020

Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, struggled during a pair of Sunday morning talk show appearances as he was grilled relentlessly over the White House’s assertion that Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire wasn’t fired over a House briefing on Russian interference in the 2020 election to assist President Donald Trump.

World

Netanyahu Seeks 300,000 Lost Votes From Vote-Weary Public

Feb 24, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading into Israel’s third back-to-back election struggling to recoup the hundreds of thousands of votes his party has lost since the country descended into political gridlock a year ago.

Headlines

Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder’s Lawyer Claims

Feb 19, 2020

LONDON—A lawyer for Julian Assange has claimed in court that President Donald Trump offered to pardon Assange if the WikiLeaks founder agreed to help cover up Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee.

World

Putin sacks prominent Kremlin ideologue, Ukraine hardliner

Feb 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed a veteran, once close adviser who until recently managed Moscow's relations with war-torn Ukraine.

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Turkish president says a new military intervention in Syria is 'imminent'

Feb 19, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told his party's lawmakers it is "only a matter of time" before he launches a new military intervention in neighboring Syria's Idlib province if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not withdraw his forces from the area.

Tech

Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook was ‘slow to understand’ election interference

Feb 15, 2020

Facebook is taking down more than a million fake accounts a day to counter a massive upsurge in malicious material in the web, Mark Zuckerberg told an international security forum, and disclosed that more than 50 information operations aimed at elections have been uncovered since the 2016 US presidential race.

Headlines

Belarus leader says Russia insists on merging the two states

Feb 14, 2020

The president of Belarus said Friday that Russia insisted on merging the two states during last week's talks on further integrating the countries' economies.

World

Putin Squeezes Belarus Strongman in Bid to Skirt Term Limits

Feb 12, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin’s surprise firing of Russia’s government and unveiling of constitutional changes that would weaken the presidency may only be Plan B for retaining power after his final term ends in 2024.

Headlines

Macron Seeks Poland Reset as Warsaw Tightens Grip on Courts

Feb 03, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Emmanuel Macron struck a conciliatory tone in a bid to rekindle France’s relationship with Poland.

World

US-Israeli woman pardoned by Putin flies home with Netanyahu

Jan 30, 2020

A US-Israeli woman jailed for drug trafficking in Russia flew into Tel Aviv with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday after she was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.

Headlines

Putin Frees Israeli Backpacker, Helping Embattled Netanyahu

Jan 30, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- President Vladimir Putin’s pardon of an Israeli woman imprisoned in Russia on drug-smuggling charges gave a much-needed electoral gift to visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Headlines

Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges

Jan 29, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

Politic

Trump is winning the impeachment battle — but losing the war

Jan 25, 2020

President Trump's lawyers begin presenting their case for why he shouldn't be impeached on Saturday.

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Putin Decides Low-Growth Russia Could Use Some Help From Keynes

Jan 26, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast.

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U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia has not yet sought pardon: Kremlin

Jan 24, 2020

The Kremlin said on Friday that the possible release of Naama Issachar, a U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges, was being held up because she had not yet formally asked to be granted a pardon.

Headlines

Putin to meet mother of Israeli backpacker jailed over hash

Jan 22, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with the mother of an Israeli tourist who was jailed in Russia for carrying a few grams of hashish, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

Headlines

Poland in diplomatic bind over Auschwitz anniversary

Jan 21, 2020

Poland's president will skip a high-profile Holocaust forum in Jerusalem on Thursday after being denied the chance to make a speech there as Warsaw struggles to counter false Russian claims about Poland's role in World War II.

Politic

The Hole in the Impeachment Case

Jan 18, 2020

The Hole in the Impeachment Case

Headlines

Russia Moves Quickly to Make Putin’s New Vision a Reality

Jan 16, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin’s new prime minister pledged to work with business and overhaul the cabinet after a surprise shakeup that may enable the president to extend his 20-year rule.

World

Did Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Drop a Grim Hint About Putin’s Latest Power Grab?

Jan 16, 2020

At a celebration of the Russian Orthodox New Year on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chose a grim message, the sarcasm of which left his audience on edge.

Headlines

Putin’s Power Play: Shuffle the Cabinet But Keep Command

Jan 15, 2020

MOSCOW—During his annual state of the nation address to the Russian parliament on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin said repeatedly that the Russian people expect changes, and the one announced less than three hours later—described on Kommersant FM radio as “Operation Successor”—seemed to throw a lot of cards up in the air.

World

Russian govt in shock resignation after Putin calls for reforms

Jan 15, 2020

Russia's government resigned on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a shake-up of the constitution, in a shock announcement that fuelled speculation about Putin's future plans.

Headlines

Amid Iran Crisis, Russia’s Mideast Presence Just Keeps Growing

Jan 12, 2020

Amid Iran Crisis, Russia’s Mideast Presence Just Keeps Growing

World

Russia to Iran: Don’t Admit Guilt—Blame the U.S. Instead

Jan 11, 2020

After initial denials of responsibility, having been confronted with mounting evidence, Iran finally acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian passenger jet earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard.

World

Russia's Putin oversees hypersonic missile test near Crimea

Jan 09, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday oversaw military exercises from a naval vessel in the Black Sea near Crimea, including the test launch of a hypersonic air-launched Kinzhal missile, the Kremlin said.

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church compares Russia's treatment of believers in Crimea to Stalin-era repressions

Jan 06, 2020

The head of Ukraine’s recently independent Orthodox Church has compared Russia’s treatment of believers in annexed Crimea to “Stalin-era” repressions, after authorities ordered a church demolished.

World

Russian State Media Blames Impeachment for Trump’s Iran Strike

Jan 03, 2020

The Kremlin and its state-run media are none too happy with Donald Trump and his decision to order the killing of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force.

Headlines

Lev Parnas Pushes to Share His Info With House Intel

Dec 30, 2019

Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani associate charged with financial crimes, is looking to share more material with congressional investigators, according to a letter his lawyer has sent to a federal judge.

World

Ukraine and Russia Can Deal When They Must But Peace Isn’t Close

Dec 31, 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Quickfire agreements on energy and the Kremlin-backed war that erupted after Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea show Ukraine and Russia can increasingly look past their differences to strike deals.

World

Putin, Ukraine's leader talk about natural gas, prisoners

Dec 31, 2019

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have spoken by telephone to express satisfaction with a newly signed contract on natural gas transit and the recent exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine's east.

World

Kremlin says Putin called Trump to thank him for information that thwarted terrorist attack

Dec 30, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked President Trump over the phone Sunday for information that helped thwart a terrorist attack, the Kremlin says.

Headlines

U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria hit sites linked to Iran

Dec 29, 2019

The United States carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, targeting weapons and munitions depots used by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia.

Headlines

Putin thanks Trump for US intelligence which thwarted New Year terror attack

Dec 29, 2019

Vladimir Putin has thanked Donald Trump for intelligence that helped avert “acts of terrorism” in Russia, the Kremlin has said.

World

WH releases info on call with Putin after Russia does

Dec 29, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call on Sunday, thanked President Trump for passing on information that helped prevent "acts of terrorism" in Russia, the Kremlin said.

World

Ukraine, Rebels Complete Prisoner Swap Under Deal With Putin

Dec 29, 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine and two breakaway regions supported by the Kremlin exchanged prisoners on Sunday under an agreement reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month as the former allies seek an end to more than five years of war in the Donbas area.

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