Humouring Putin
The geopolitical question of the moment is: how important is it to humour Russian leader Vladimir Putin? The answer is: not very. Throw him a...
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Putin says unilateral actions on Varosha ‘unacceptable’
Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said...
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny makes allegations of Putin wealth ahead of protests
Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic who was jailed at the weekend, on Tuesday released a video in which he and his allies...
After Kremlin raises eyebrow, state poll shows Putin’s trust rating surging
Russia’s state pollster on Friday showed public trust in President Vladimir Putin surging to 72.3% under a new methodology for canvassing public opinion that was...
Diplomats, financial policy, armies pressuring the Middle East
By Farid Mirbagheri Diplomatic, economic and military elements are all hard at work in western Asia. Turkey’s rising inflation to a staggering 25 per cent in...
Putin accuses US forces of trying to ruin Trump summit outcome (Update 1)
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called the success of...
For Putin’s Russia, a poisoned spy sends a political message
By Peter Apps Among those who knew Sergei Skripal in the quiet English city of Salisbury, few seem to have been aware of his background...
Putin says will seek new presidential term in 2018
President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will win comfortably, setting the stage...
17 MEPs slam Cyprus over aiding Putin against Browder, laundering
By Stelios Orphanides THREE days after Interpol dismissed for the fifth time a Russian arrest warrant against Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder, a group of...
Our View: Anastasiades’ Russia trip left the impression he was eager to please Putin
NOTHING should surprise us from President Anastasiades any longer. He has become a model of inconsistency in his quest for re-election. It is not only...
