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Putin vows to sign contentious U.S. adoption ban
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday to sign a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children that has added new strains to the uneasy relations between the former Cold War foes An aide separately raised the spectre of the Kremlin eliminating all foreign adoptions as part of a patriotic…
Putin promises to sign ban on American adoptions of Russian children
Russian president says he sees ‘no reason not to sign’ bill named after boy who died after being adopted by Americans Vladimir Putin has indicated he is likely to sign into law a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children. The bill was proposed in response to the US’s…
Russia arrests opposition leaders at banned rally
Russian police Saturday arrested several opposition leaders, including well-known blogger Alexei Navalny, as hundreds of people packed a central Moscow square in defiance of an official ban to protest Vladimir Putin’s rule. Scores of Muscovites, many holding white roses, defied the authorities by turning up at Lubyanka Square, the seat…
Russian PM ‘does not rule out’ Kremlin comeback
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he is not ruling out a return to the Kremlin after his 2008-2012 single term as Russian head of state but was happy working as premier under his mentor Vladimir Putin. “If I have sufficient strength and health, if our people trust me in the…
Vladimir Putin fires Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov in corruption scandal
Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday fired defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov over a corruption scandal, the most dramatic change to the government since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term. Putin replaced Serdyukov, who had been implementing an unpopular but Kremlin-backed military reform, with Moscow region governor and long-standing…
Russian ultra-nationalists vow to drive Putin out of Kremlin
MOSCOW — Thousands of Russian ultra-nationalists marched through central Moscow Sunday vowing to drive Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin and accusing him of ignoring the rights of ethnic Slavs. Armed with anti-Putin slogans, Orthodox banners and black-and-yellow flags of pre-revolutionary Russia, the mostly black-clad participants joined in a “Russian…
Putin’s stunt to encourage bird migration fails spectacularly as public learns birds taken back to reserve by plane
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bid to encourage a group of endangered cranes on their winter migration appeared to have failed spectacularly Wednesday when it emerged the birds had been taken back to a wildlife reserve by plane. The 60-year-old president already earned mockery last month when he took to a…
Putin gives Chavez ‘El Ruso’ the puppy
Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, in return. The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin, one of Putin’s most trusted lieutenants and chief executive of…
Russia advances sweeping new spy bill that targets civil groups working with foreigners
Russia’s parliament has advanced sweeping spy legislation targeting civil groups that work with foreigners to upset domestic politics in what rights groups call another attack on freedoms. Friday’s near-unanimous lower house vote in the first of three readings came on the heels of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to ram through…
Putin on the birds: ‘Only the weak ones didn’t follow’ me
Putin on the birds: 'Only the weak ones didn't follow' me (via The Christian Science Monitor) This year’s Russian-hosted summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) wrapped up in Vladivostok Sunday, with leaders of the 21-member Pacific Rim group – which accounts for 40 percent of the world’s trade – pledging to promote…
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