Putin and Erdoğan meet for secretive talks in Sochi
Vladimir Putin has met Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for talks expected to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine and that are being rumoured to include Kremlin efforts to circumvent western sanctions.
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July 20, 2022 Putin proposes to launch Nord Stream 2 pipeline to increase gas supplies to Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday night proposed to launch the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline to increase gas supplies to Europe.
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POLITICS
July 12, 2022 Putin and Erdogan agree to hold a meeting in the near future
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation on Monday in which they agreed to meet in person in the near future.
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POLITICS
April 23, 2022 EU chief assumes Putin is disinformed about the war
European Council President Charles Michel made an effort to open Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eyes to his country’s losses in Ukraine and to the effect of sanctions in a phone call on Friday (22 April).
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POLITICS
March 5, 2022 Boris Johnson says Putin sees no way out of Ukraine invasion ‘except to continue destruction’
Boris Johnson has said it appears Vladimir Putin sees no way out of the Ukraine invasion “except to continue with the destruction”.
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ECONOMY
March 2, 2022 Russian banking system ‘on the brink’ as Putin bans cash exports exceeding $10,000
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning Russians from leaving the country with more than $10,000 (£7,500) in foreign currency as fears grow that the Russian financial system is on the brink of collapse.
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WORLD
February 28, 2022 Putin has raised the abhorrent spectre of a nuclear option – could it be a sign of desperation?
Russia’s decision to raise the spectre of a nuclear option in the Ukraine war is a significant escalation, but also perhaps a sign of desperation.
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GEOPOLITICS
February 28, 2022 Has the War in Ukraine Become Unwinnable for Putin?
By Csaba Barnabas Horvath The war in Afghanistan in 1979-1989 was a painful war of attrition for the Soviet Union, one where Moscow eventually had to give up due to victory remaining out-of-reach while losses became unacceptable. Can Ukraine become a similar war of attrition for Russia, a sort of defeat? At the beginning of the […]
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EUROPE
February 26, 2022 EU adds Putin, Lavrov to sanctions list as invasion of Ukraine continues
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have been added to the list of sanctioned people over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, has confirmed.
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GREEKS ABROAD
February 24, 2022 Russia invades Ukraine as Putin declares war to ‘demilitarise’ neighbour
Russian forces have unleashed an attack of Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin, who announced a “special military operation” at dawn, amid warnings from world leaders that it could spark the biggest war in Europe since 1945.
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