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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2022
Putin turns to choking bureaucracy to target enemies at home
A widely used weapon in the Kremlin's armory is the state's register of so-called foreign agents, with people on this official list closely monitored by the authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2022
Russia wants gas payments in rubles. Will buyers make the switch?
The move is in retaliation against Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2022
Peace talks on Ukraine: Russia's red lines unchanged
Russia and Ukraine are talking about a peace deal while their soldiers kill each other, but there has been no breakthrough and they remain far apart on the question of territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022
Biden joins the Putin and Xi miscalculation club
Although many in the international community — and probably Putin himself — were surprised by Joe Biden's remarks that the Russian leader could not remain in power, I was not.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022
Time to talk peace terms with Russia
The Ukraine in consultation with the U.S. and Europe, which are backing its war-fighting capacity, should formulate and state what a reasonable peace settlement would look like.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2022
Eastern Ukraine braces for fresh Russian offensive as U.S. considers oil release
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven around a quarter of Ukrainians from their homes and brought Russian-Western tensions to their worst point since the Cold War.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2022
Russians bombard Kyiv outskirts despite promise to scale back
Russia has failed to capture any major city in its month-long invasion, while Ukrainian forces have made advances, recapturing territory from Russian troops on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
The invasion of Ukraine is an opportunity for China
Beijing could seize the moment to find common cause with the West over the Ukraine invasion and defuse some of the concern about its intentions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
What is the West’s objective in Ukraine?
Russia's failure to achieve a rapid victory over Ukraine has forced the West to consider what its own goals in the conflict should be.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2022
Chemical weapons a high risk, low gain Ukraine option for Putin
Despite remote possibility, NATO has activated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense elements as part of its defense plans.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 30, 2022
Peace talks may be little more than Russian tactics, analysts say
As signs of progress emerged during the peace talks, some saw them as Russia buying time to regroup its military forces before another offensive push in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2022
Trying Putin for war crimes is no liberal fantasy
The International Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice are all investigating crimes committed in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2022
NATO allies divided over whether they should be talking to Putin
With Russia's war in Ukraine now in its second month, a series of dilemmas are coming into sharp focus over conditions for any accord and potential security guarantees for Kyiv.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 29, 2022
Biden's Putin power remark raises questions about long-term Russia strategy
Biden's emotional declaration gave voice to the frustration that many Western countries — and many U.S. voters — feel about the invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2022
Putin’s war has given birth to a geopolitical Europe
While some expected the European Union to dither, disagree and delay, it sprung into action at record speed to support Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2022
Biden seeks to temper remark on Putin as U.S. allies object
While the Kremlin let Biden's remarks sink in by largely refraining from public comment, U.S. allies warned against implying a push to oust Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2022
Pope evokes specter of Ukraine war sparking global conflict
'We must repudiate war, a place of death where fathers and mothers bury their children, where men kill their brothers without even seeing them, where the powerful decide and the poor die.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2022
The making of Vladimir Putin
As China rose, as the U.S. fought and lost its forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as technology networked the world, a Russian enigma took form in the Kremlin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 27, 2022
Gazprom arm risks rattling energy markets from U.K. to Singapore
Gazprom Marketing & Trading is facing liquidity problems as banks delay its transactions and peers refuse to deal with it.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 27, 2022
Biden’s barbed remark about Putin: A slip or a veiled threat?
Biden's aides quickly insisted that the remark — delivered in front of a castle that served for centuries as a home for Polish monarchs — was not intended as an appeal for regime change.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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