The message behind Putin's Wagner meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "vertical of power" -- the way in which the entire structure of Russian political power rests on one man -- has undergone profound stress testing in the wake of the Wagner mercenary group's aborted march on Moscow in June.
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Putin meets former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev
The Kremlin says Andrei Troshev, ex-aide to Yevgeny Prigozhin, now works for the defence ministry.
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Putin met top Wagner commander Troshev - Kremlin
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin met Andrei Troshev, formerly a top Wagner mercenary commander, to discuss how voluntary
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Russians queue up to see Barbie film despite sanctions
The Kremlin says Barbie is "not in line" with Russian values. Cinemagoers don't seem to mind.
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Hillary Clinton pokes Putin on NATO expansion: 'Too bad, Vladimir'
By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needled Russian President Vladimir
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Poland's spat with Ukraine angered many in Europe, and was a gift for Putin
Europe's support for Ukraine faced an unexpected curveball this week as Poland -- hitherto Kyiv's staunchest ally on the continent -- seemed to declare it would stop sending arms to its neighbor.
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China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks
Moscow is seeking continued support on the Ukraine war, including a suspected North Korea arms deal.
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Berlin protesters condemn Russian soprano Netrebko's opera performance
Anna Netrebko has been accused of failing to denounce Vladimir Putin for Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Wagner group formally banned as terror organisation in the UK
The move comes just weeks after the death of the group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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The West fears a closer Russia and North Korea. China may not
A rare meeting between Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un at a space launch center in the Russian Far East earlier this week has triggered alarm from countries from South Korea and Japan to Ukraine, the United States and its partners in Europe.
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Kim Jong Un-Putin talks: What do the optics tell us?
The meeting between North Korean and Russian leaders was orchestrated to send a message to the West.
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Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how
Can President Joe Biden bring the mercurial North Korean leader to the table?
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