# Vladimir Putin

This week

19th March 2023 - 24th March 2023

# Russian visit

Putin and Xi hail 'new era' of ties in united front against West on second day of visit

The Chinese president invited his Russian counterpart to visit China this year.

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# Russian visit

Putin tells Xi Jinping Russia is ready to discuss China's plan to end Ukraine war during talks

The Chinese president’s three-day trip serves as a show of support for Putin after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.

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Mon 10:11 PM

Last week

12th March 2023 - 18th March 2023

# War in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine continue in wake of Putin arrest warrant

The ICC said it was issuing the warrant for Putin’s arrest over the alleged abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.

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This month

March 2023

# Ukraine

Kyiv denies Putin claim that Ukrainian soldiers entered Russia

A Ukrainian official denied the allegation saying: ‘Russia wants to scare its people to justify the attack on another country’.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 8:44 PM

Last month

February 2023

Voices

Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Contemporary Russia is not the USSR - it is arguably a greater threat'

DCU Professor of Politics Donnacha Ó Beacháin takes a look at Putin’s state of the nation address.

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Feb 24th 2023, 10:00 AM

# Russia

Putin planning to put Sarmat nuclear missile 'on combat duty' after suspending arms treaty

Sarmat is among Russia’s next-generation missiles that Putin has described as “invincible”.

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Feb 23rd 2023, 2:31 PM

# Ukraine

Biden slams Russia over suspension of nuclear treaty, while Putin tightens ties with China

Wang Yi’s visit comes after Washington and NATO voiced concern that China could be preparing to supply Russia with weapons.

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Feb 22nd 2023, 6:42 PM

# russian invasion

Putin speech: Russia pulling back from nuclear treaty with US

Delivering a state-of-the-nation address, Putin accused the West of being “completely” responsible for the conflict in Ukraine.

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Feb 21st 2023, 7:05 PM

# Warsaw

'Kyiv stands strong': Biden addresses crowds in Poland ahead of first anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Biden told crowds in Warsaw that US support for Ukraine ‘will not waver’.

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Feb 21st 2023, 5:56 PM

January

January 2023

# Ukraine

Biden rejects calls to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets as Russia claims advances

Ukraine has expanded the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russian forces from occupied territories.

But US president Joe Biden has appeared to draw the line on supplying American fighter jets to Ukraine.

It comes as a Kremlin-appointed Donetsk leader claimed Russian forces were advancing near a strategically valuable town.

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Jan 31st 2023, 7:30 AM

# missile threats

Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike during phonecall before Ukraine invasion

The Kremlin has disputed the claim, saying there was “no threats with missiles” during the conversation.

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Jan 30th 2023, 12:42 PM

# Russia

Ex-FBI agent charged over ties to Russian oligarch

Charles McGonigal is accused of investigating a rival oligarch in return for secret payments from an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Jan 23rd 2023, 8:18 PM

# Russia

Russia says it controls battered Ukraine town of Soledar

The Kremlin has made capturing industrial Donetsk region, where the small town is located, its primary objective.

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Jan 13th 2023, 11:09 AM

# Airstrikes

Russia will step up exploding drone attacks on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

The Institute for the Study of War said Vladimir Putin is looking to strengthen support for his strategy among key voices in Russia.

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Jan 3rd 2023, 10:22 AM

Last year

2022

# Ukraine

Russia has shown no 'meaningful' interest in ending Ukraine war, US says

Putin earlier today told reporters that he hoped the conflict ends “and the sooner, the better.”

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Dec 22nd 2022, 7:47 PM

# Dmitry Medvedev

Former Russian president says country is ramping up production of 'most powerful' weapons

Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, did not provide details of the weapons.

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Dec 11th 2022, 8:53 AM

# Ukraine

'We have not gone crazy': Putin says Russia will not be first to deploy nuclear weapons

The Russian president said the threat of nuclear war is “rising”, but said that Russia would only use a nuclear weapon in response to an enemy strike.

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Dec 8th 2022, 7:46 AM

# Ukraine War

Kremlin rejects Biden's offer to talk with Putin if he intends to end war in Ukraine

The American leader made such talks conditional on support by Nato allies.

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Dec 2nd 2022, 2:51 PM

# Russia

Vladimir Putin says decade ahead is the 'most dangerous' since World War II

The Ukraine offensive is only a part of the ‘tectonic shifts of the entire world order,’ Putin said.

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Oct 27th 2022, 6:07 PM

# Ukraine War

Putin declares martial law in Ukrainian regions Russia claims to have annexed

The Kremlin has published a decree saying martial law will be introduced from early tomorrow.

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Oct 19th 2022, 3:07 PM

# Ukraine

Ukraine claws back more territory in strategic southern Kherson region

Ukrainian forces penetrated Moscow’s defences in the region, one of the four areas that Russia is trying to absorb.

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Oct 3rd 2022, 9:18 PM

# War in Ukraine

Pro-Moscow officials say occupied area has voted to join Russia

Neighbouring countries have seen Russians arriving en masse since the draft was announced last Wednesday.

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Sep 27th 2022, 8:30 PM

# Vladimir Putin

Putin says military reserves to be conscripted in first TV address since February

The Ukrainian leader warned against giving in to Putin’s threats.

Vladimir Putin was speaking on Russian television this morning.

In his address he said he was partially mobilising Russian reservists and former soldiers.

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Sep 21st 2022, 3:50 PM

# Defiance

Russian President and Chinese leader hail 'great power' ties at talks defying West

It was their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine.

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Sep 15th 2022, 3:03 PM

# Ukraine

Chance for peace in Ukraine is 'minimal' at present, UN chief says after call with Putin

“I have the feeling we are still far away from peace,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

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Sep 14th 2022, 8:45 PM

# Moscow

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Hundreds of mourners, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lined up to file past Gorbachev’s open casket.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 2:40 PM

# nord stream

EU ready if Russia turns off gas supplies, Commissioner says

“We are not afraid of Putin’s decisions,” Paolo Gentiloni said.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 1:45 PM

# Putin

Putin signs decree making it easier for Ukrainians to live and work in Russia

The decree allows Ukrainian passport holders who have entered Russia since Moscow’s invasion to live and work there indefinitely.

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Aug 27th 2022, 4:30 PM

# Russia

Ukraine plans international court to put Putin on trial

The plan is for a special international tribunal to investigate Russia’s alleged “crime of aggression”.

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Aug 25th 2022, 7:19 AM

# russian invasion

Six months on: How the war in Ukraine has developed over the last half year

Vladimir Putin launched the war on 24 February with the anticipation of a quick victory, but Ukraine has held on.

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Aug 24th 2022, 1:00 AM

# Russia

Daughter of Kremlin hardline ideologue killed by car bomb

Russian media has reported that the family of Daria Dugina believe the blast was intended to target her father Alexander.

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Aug 21st 2022, 1:21 PM

# Sabina Higgins

'Time to move on' from Sabina Higgins letter controversy, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach says the Irish Government position is that Russia should withdraw, but says ‘peace is something we all want’.

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Aug 3rd 2022, 4:31 PM

# Controversy

Fenerbahce refuse to apologise after fans' 'Vladimir Putin' chant

On Thursday, Uefa announced it was opening an investigation into the supporters’ conduct.

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Jul 30th 2022, 5:49 PM

# ISS

Russia to quit International Space Station 'after 2024'

Russia and the United States have worked side by side on the station, which has been in orbit since 1998.

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Jul 26th 2022, 2:17 PM

# russian invasion

Russia summons British ambassador over 'offensive' Putin comments by Boris Johnson

The UK Prime Minister said that Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman.

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Jun 30th 2022, 6:15 PM

# Russia

'I'd take a bullet for first-class person Putin' - former Formula One boss Ecclestone

The 91-year-old made the comments during an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Great Britain.

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Jun 30th 2022, 11:36 AM

# Russia

Putin and Macron discuss Ukraine arms, grain supplies

The talks lasted for 80 minutes.

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May 28th 2022, 4:23 PM

# Russia

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses appeal against nine-year prison sentence

The new sentence will replace the one he was handed in February 2021, meaning he will remain behind bars for another eight years.

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May 24th 2022, 11:47 AM

# Russia

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny set to appeal nine-year prison sentence

The opposition leader had his two-and-a-half year sentence extended after he was found guilty of fraud and contempt of court in March.

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May 17th 2022, 8:00 AM

# Stockholm

Sweden confirms decision to apply for Nato membership

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called it “a historic change in our country’s security policy” as she addressed legislators.

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May 16th 2022, 2:54 PM