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Azeri authorities clamp down on dissent ahead of October vote: group

November 3, 2021 at 6:51 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan has intensified a crackdown on activists and journalists to stifle criticism of long-term leader Ilham Aliyev before presidential elections in October, campaign group Human Rights Watch...

Russia warns against military intervention in Syria

August 24, 2021 at 2:38 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Western powers on Monday against any military intervention in Syria, saying the use of force without a U.N. mandate would violate international law. Foreign Minister...

Russia’s Putin wants Snowden to go, but asylum not ruled out

August 24, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

GOGLAND ISLAND, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted Edward Snowden to leave after three weeks holed up at a Moscow airport, but also signaled that...

Putin pushes Russian agenda at global gas summit

August 24, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has defended the long-term supply deals under which Russia exports its gas and warned that abandoning them would undermine global energy security. Putin won...

Putin says Rosneft close to $60 billion China oil deal

August 24, 2021 at 12:09 p.m.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Rosneft plans to sign a deal to supply China with oil worth $60 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, in what could be...

Putin warns West not to arm organ-eating Syrian rebels

August 24, 2021 at 11:52 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned on Sunday why the West would want to arm Syrian rebels who he said ate human organs, saying plans to give them...

Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh

August 24, 2021 at 11:48 a.m.

AMMAN/LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain ahead of an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement over the U.S. decision to send weapons to Syria's...

Russia: U.S. claims of Syrian chemical arms use unconvincing

August 24, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Information that the United States has given Russia about suspected use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces "does not look convincing", President Vladimir Putin's...

Russia announces permanent Mediterranean naval presence

August 24, 2021 at 11:28 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security but which...

Russia to send nuclear submarines to southern seas

August 24, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to resume nuclear submarine patrols in the southern seas after a hiatus of more than 20 years following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Itar-Tass...

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