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2 days ago · Early career. Putin studied law at Leningrad State University, where his tutor was Anatoly Sobchak, later one of the leading reform politicians of the perestroika period. Putin served 15 years as a foreign intelligence officer for the KGB (Committee for State Security), including six years in Dresden, East Germany.
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May 7, 2024 · FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a hospital in the southern Russian city of Beslan on Sept. 4, 2004, to meet with people who were injured after Islamic militants seized a school there. More than 300 people died in the chaotic explosions and shootout that ended the siege. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
May 7, 2024 · At home, instead of developing democracy, President Putin has been curtailing it: jailing critics, removing all checks and balances on his power. Predicting Putin's landslide was easy, but...
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May 16, 2024 · What Does Putin Really Want in Ukraine? Russia’s early setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine could have foreclosed on some of President Vladimir Putin’s sweeping war objectives, but he is ...
5 hours ago · A third world war has "crept up unnoticed," according to a prominent Russian newspaper. Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said NATO countries, "especially the ones based in ...
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May 23, 2024 · By Invitation | European security. Olaf Scholz on why Vladimir Putin’s brutal imperialism will fail. Germany’s chancellor says Europe needs more military muscle. Illustration: Dan Williams....
May 7, 2024 · By EMMA BURROWS. Updated 7:51 AM PDT, May 7, 2024. President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as leader of Russia after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands.