Tag: President Vladimir Putin
Putin calls for urgent Ukraine crisis settlement after jet crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for an urgent settlement of the Ukraine crisis as he expressed condolences to Dutch…
Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine’s president
Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukraine’s fifth post-Soviet president on Saturday, vowing to maintain the unity of his country…
Putin calls Hillary Clinton a ‘weak’ woman
Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and possible 2016…
Sanctions on Russia will ‘boomerang’ on West – Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that sanctions imposed on Russian officials over the Ukraine crisis would backfire on Western countries.…
Prince Charles ‘compares Putin to Hitler’
Prince Charles was mired in controversy on Wednesday after he reportedly compared the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Russia-West relations will be normalised – Putin
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties…
Crimea: Lessons For Africa
By Makinde Collins The recent suspension of Russia from the G8 club of rich countries has been described as “no…
Russia’s Putin an oil Sheikh by proxy?
Is Russia’s strong man Vladimir Putin an oil sheikh, hiding under the masquerade of Gunvor, world’s no 4 oil trading…
Russia, Ukraine close to war
Russia and its former satellite, Ukraine may be edging towards war, after President Vladimir Putin on Saturday won approval from…
Ukraine: A diary of crisis
Here is a chronology of key events in Ukraine as the Russian parliament Saturday approved a request by Russian President…
New Year Glitch: Russia’s Putin delivers two speeches
Russians on Tuesday heard two different versions of President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address after a “technical glitch” meant some…
The Putins, Russia’s first couple announce divorce
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Thursday announced their divorce after three decades of marriage, in a stunning…
$50b smuggled out of Russia in 2011
Russia’s central bank said Wednesday that $49 billion had left the country illegally last year in a staggering capital flight…
Chelsea’s Abramovich scores a goal in court
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, won his bitter legal battle with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky…