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War in Ukraine
6/25/2023 7:23:12 PM
Wagner mercenaries were headed back to base on Sunday after Russia's President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in Belarus.
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War in Ukraine
6/25/2023 1:18:47 PM
From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine and a mutiny by the Wagner rebels who backed him, AFP looks at key moments in Vladimir Putin's rule.
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6/25/2023 12:18:07 PM
An "anti-terrorist operation regime" was still in force in Moscow on Sunday, a day after mutinous Wagner mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital, in a dramatic security crisis for President Vladimir Putin.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 8:17:00 PM
President Vladimir Putin has long profited from the actions of the Wagner mercenary group, but the mutiny led by its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presents the Russian strongman with a challenge that could irreparably damage his authority, analysts say.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 7:10:58 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish "traitors" from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow's military leadership.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 6:07:53 PM
Rebel mercenaries advanced north towards Moscow after seizing a key military base Saturday, just as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's vowed to defeat the revolt and head off the threat of civil war.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 5:35:37 PM
Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 3:52:18 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish "traitors" from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow's military leadership.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 3:33:53 PM
Countries around the world were on Saturday closely watching events unfolding in Russia, where a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge to President Vladimir Putin's long rule.
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6/24/2023 12:49:22 AM
President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
6/18/2023 9:41:49 AM
South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.
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War in Ukraine
6/17/2023 9:43:29 PM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation, on Saturday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the conflict in Ukraine had to stop.
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War in Ukraine
6/17/2023 7:50:42 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the "balanced approach" of African countries towards the Ukraine conflict, ahead of formal talks with the delegation aiming to push for peace between Kyiv and Moscow.
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Foreign Affairs
6/17/2023 7:14:06 PM
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has stressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that "Egypt supports all efforts which aim at finding a peaceful resolution to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
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Business
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Economy
6/17/2023 9:56:44 AM
United Arab Emirates leader Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan probed, in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, the possibility of establishing trilateral cooperation with Egypt in the Russian Industrial Zone project located in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone.
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War in Ukraine
6/17/2023 9:23:01 AM
A high-level African delegation was preparing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a day after its calls for talks between Moscow and Kyiv were rebuffed by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
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War in Ukraine
6/16/2023 6:53:47 PM
President Vladimir Putin on Friday confirmed Russia had sent nuclear arms to its ally Belarus which borders Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
6/16/2023 6:01:53 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine's counteroffensive would fail as Kyiv's troops sought to advance in several directions, including the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia.
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6/16/2023 2:44:15 PM
President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia's ties with the United Arab Emirates on Friday as he met the leader of the oil-rich nation, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in Saint Petersburg.
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6/15/2023 8:05:15 PM
President Vladimir Putin and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pledged to deepen their two countries' "strategic partnership" as the Kremlin seeks to pivot Russia towards Asia and Africa.
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