The Putin Interviews
2017
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1 day 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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2 days ago · On repeated occasions, even Vladimir Putin—Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor — stated that the fall of Soviet rule had led to few gains and many problems for most Russian citizens. In a campaign speech in February 2004, for example, Putin called the dismantlement of the Soviet Union a "national tragedy on an enormous scale," from which ...
2 hours ago · A string of personnel changes and arrests among Russia's military top brass has led to rumors of a Putin "coup." Major General Ivan Popov, who had headed Russia's 58th Army, was "arrested on ...
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10 hours ago · Vladimir Putin meets with then-Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow in January 2020. File photo/Reuters. The other name that has been cropping up is that of Nikolai Patrushev, one of Putin’s closest allies. Earlier this month, he was replaced as the head of the security council by Shoigu and appointed as Kremlin aide.
20 hours ago · "Vladimir Putin bears personal responsibility for the murder of Alexei Navalny, and our task is to seize every opportunity to respond to this heinous crime," Navalny's team wrote.
4 hours ago · Allies of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are urging Western nations to impose additional sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and wealthy oligarchs. This move aims to hold Putin accountable for Navalny's death, which they accuse him of orchestrating. The proposed sanctions target prominent figures tied to Putin.
3 days ago · 11. Updated 6:25 PM PDT, May 26, 2024. MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Sunday in the capital of Uzbekistan where he is to hold talks with President Shavkay Mirziyoyev that are expected to focus on deepening the countries’ relations.
