Vladimir Putin is a Russian leader and former KGB officer who has shaped his nation’s political landscape for decades with a mix of strategic maneuvers, military aggression against Russia’s neighbors, and controversial policies.
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The two heads of state also engaged in in-depth discussions on international and regional issues of common concern, and agreed to maintain strategic communication in the new year.Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video meeting at the Great Hall of the Peo...
In this image from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile blasts off during a test launch from the Plesetsk launch pad in northwestern Russia, March 30, 2018. MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin did not name any U...
MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed Western countries' intention to interfere in Russia's internal affairs, stressing that Russia will independently choose its own path of development. Russian people will defend their rights to live in peace and choose...
Twenty-five years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, they crave the stability that the nationalist president represents.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the third most admired person in the world, behind Microsoft founder Bill Gates and US President Barack Obama, according to a new poll(民意调查) for The Times. The newspaper reported that Putin’s popularity among Russians helped him secure the ...
1Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the third most admired personin the world, behind Microsoft founder Bill Gates and US President Barack Obama,according to a new poll for The Times at the beginning of 2014.The newspaper reported that Putin's popularity among Russians helped him se...
This essay points to the historical analogies between the contemporary stage in the Russian political evolution and the classical post-revolutionary periods in the French and Soviet history, known as Thermidorian Reaction. Given the obvious similarity to the well-studied Bonapartism and Stalinism, it...
MOSCOW, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to simplify the procedure for residents in the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions in southern Ukraine to apply for Russian citizenship. Putin signed the document to amend an April 2019 decree, expanding the ...