Browsing: Vladimir Putin

The latest news, updates and features on Russian politician Vladimir Putin. He is a former intelligence officer and has been president of Russia since 2012. He previously held the role from 1999-2008 and the prime minister from 1999-2000, and again from 2008-2012.

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Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called on all states to prevent the placement of nuclear weapons in space and not take steps to develop weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed above Earth. Thirteen member nations voted in approval of the U.N. Security Council resolution, including…

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Former CIA agent Marc Polymeropoulos said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's blaming of Ukraine for the Moscow concert hall shooting is absurd. Polymeropoulos dismissed Putin's attempt to link the gunmen who killed at least 133 people at the Crocus City complex near Moscow to Ukraine, the country his military is currently invading.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to connect the assailants who attacked and killed at least 130 people in a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine in comments made after the deadliest assault on the capital city in ten years. Accusations of Ukraine’s participation emerged after the assault, and Putin repeated the allegations in his speech, stating the…