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Putin: Drone attacks on Russian military facilities in Syria provocation

TherecentattemptedattacksbydronesonRussianmilitarybasesinSyriawasaprovocationaimedatdestroyingpreviousagreementsanddamagingrelationsbetweenRussia,TurkeyandIran,

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Commentary: Cracks in Russia-Iran alliance open options for Trump

IranandRussiahavemadenosecretoftheirmutualdesiretosidelinetheUnitedStatesintheMiddleEast.“OurcooperationcanisolateAmerica,”SupremeLeaderAyatollahAliKhameneitold

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Putin's New Year message to Trump calls for 'pragmatic cooperation'

VladimirPutinhascalledfor"pragmaticcooperation"withtheUSinaNewYearmessagetoDonaldTrump.Inatelegrammessage,MrPutinsaidaconstructivedialoguebetweenthetwonationswa

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Putin submits documents for 2018 presidential candidacy

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinonWednesdaysubmittedtotheCentralElectionCommittee(CEC)documentsneededtoofficiallystarthis2018presidentialcampaign.RussianTVchannels

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Kremlin questions legality of Navalny election boycott

AcallbyRussianoppositionleaderAlexeiNavalnytoboycottupcomingelectionsshouldbecheckedforitslegality,theKremlinsaidonTuesday,astopfiguresfromtheworldofpolitics,sp

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Putin suggests FBI manipulated evidence on doping at 2014 Olympics

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinsuggestedonThursdaythattheFBIhavemanipulatedevidencefromthemainwhistleblowerinthe2014Olympicsdopingcase.Speakingattheannualpresscon

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Putin: Russia, China to stay strategic partners despite political agenda

RussiaandChinawillremainstrategicpartnersinthelongtermregardlessoftheoutcomeoftheupcomingRussianpresidentialelection,RussianPresidentVladimirPutinsaidThursday."

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Putin: Trump opponents harm US with 'invented' Russia scandal

Russia'spresidenthasaccusedopponentsofhisUScounterpartDonaldTrumpofharmingtheUSby"inventingstories"aboutcontactswithRussia.Athisannualnewsconference,VladimirPut

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Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East

WhenRussialaunchedamilitarycampaigninSyriatwoyearsago,PresidentVladimirPutinsoughttosavehisallyfromimminentcollapseandbreakRussia’sinternationalisolationoveracr

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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria

PresidentVladimirPutinonMondayorderedthewithdrawalofRussiantroopsfromSyria.HemadethestatementduringasurprisevisittoKhmeimimAirBaseinLatakiaProvince,Syria,whereh

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Russia's Olympic ban strengthens Putin's re-election hand

OpinionpollsshowVladimirPutinisalreadyashoo-intowinafourthpresidentialterm.ButabanonRussiatakingpartintheWinterOlympicsislikelytomakesupportforhimevenstronger,b

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Putin announces 2018 re-election bid, ends long speculation

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinsaidWednesdayhewouldseekre-electionnextyearinaraceheispoisedtowineasily,puttinghimontracktobecomethenation'slongest-servingrulersin

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Commentary: Don't call Putin a genius

VladimirPutin’sglobalstatureappearstobeatanall-timehigh.SomeobserverscalltheRussianpresidenttheMiddleEast’sNewSheriff,andforgoodreason.Lastweek,duringaseriesofm

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Trump believes Putin on Russia meddling, but then backs US agencies

DonaldTrumpsaidonSaturdayhebelievesVladmirPutin’sdenialsofRussianinvolvementinthemanipulationofthe2016presidentialelection.However,heappearedtocontradicthimself

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Putin says claims of Russian meddling in US election ‘fantasies’

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinonSaturdaysaidaccusationsthatMoscowmeddledinUSelections,particularlythroughcontactswithDonaldTrump’scampaignteam,are“fantasies”anda

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Will they, won't they? Confusion still reigns over Trump-Putin meeting

RussiaandtheUnitedStatesgavemixedmessagesonFridayaboutwhethertheirleaderswillmeetonthesidelinesofaregionaleconomicforuminVietnam,withtheWhiteHouserulingoutanenc

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Putin, Trump to meet in Vietnam Friday

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinandhisU.S.counterpartDonaldTrumpareexpectedtomeetinVietnamonFriday,RussiannewsagenciesreportedThursday,citingKremlinaideYuryUshakov