Vladimir Putin - report

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer, serving as the current president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012, and as president from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

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Significant news events for Vladimir Putin

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US Sen. Menendez Preparing ‘Mother of All Sanctions’ on Russia in Case of Ukraine Invasion. CIA Director William Burns said that the United States has observed a build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine. Moscow is holding new military drills involving 500-plus tanks while insisting it has no plans to invade its neighbour.
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Kremlin calls U.S.-Russia ties'quite lamentable' on eve of Putin-Biden call. Washington has accused Russia of massing troops near the border with Ukraine. Putin has demanded legally binding security guarantees that NATO will not expand further east.
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Vladimir Putin tested negative for the virus and received his second dose of the country’s Sputnik V vaccine in April. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin is “absolutely healthy’ Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is in self-isolation.
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UK and US impose asset freezes and travel bans on seven Russian nationals. They are linked to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny is serving 2-1/2 years in jail for parole violations in an embezzlement case he says was trumped up. President Biden will deliver remarks soon about the ongoing US military evacuations.
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President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must "take action" against cybercriminals. The U.S. reserves the right to “defend its people and its critical infrastructure,’ the White House says. The call comes as Biden has faced calls to retaliate against Russia over a string of recent cyberattacks.
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Russian political activist and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov slammed NBC over its Friday interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden will push Putin to stop meddling in democratic elections, ease tensions with Ukraine. Cyber will also be a focal point, with the Geneva summit coming just days after NATO expanded its Article 5 mutual defense pact.
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Vladimir Putin sees an America weakened by internal division, tired of being the world's policeman. The Russian rouble firmed after long-awaited talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Two COVID-19 cases detected in Sydney overnight, sparking urgent release of multiple exposure site locations.
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Putin likely to come under strong criticism from Biden at their meeting in Geneva. Biden said Alexei Navalny's death would show Russia "has little or no intention of abiding by basic fundamental human rights" Brett Bruen says the U.S. has gone too easy on Moscow's meddlesome man.
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Argentina and Serbia gave an official start to the industrial production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus. Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on TV watching the start of vaccine production in both countries via videolink. The vaccine is still under review by the World Health Organization.
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US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order authorising the US government to sanction any sector of the Russian economy. Measures blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and placed limits on the Russian sovereign debt market. Ukraine claims upwards of 100,000 Russian troops are currently close to its eastern border.
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Vladimir Putin has signed a bill allowing him to run for a fifth term in 2024. Under the previous legislation, he would have had to leave the Kremlin at the next election. The newly signed bill comes after the country voted in favor of a new constitution last summer.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the comments as ‘very bad’ and without precedent. Putin said there was "deep psychological meaning" in Biden's remarks. Russia has ordered its US ambassador to return to Moscow after Biden's comments.
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Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing 2020 US presidential election to Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden says. Comments come after a US declassified intelligence report bolstered longstanding allegations that Putin was behind Moscow’s election interference. Washington is expected to impose sanctions on Moscow as soon as next week.
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Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport on Sunday after spending five months in Germany recovering from nerve agent poisoning. The 44-year-old has violated parole terms from a suspended sentence on a 2014 embezzlement conviction. His allies say he was denied access to a lawyer during the hearing.