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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2015
Syrian Army, allies plan offensive against insurgents in Aleppo
Syria's army, along with Iranian and Hezbollah allies, will soon launch a ground attack supported by Russian airstrikes against insurgents in the Aleppo area, two senior regional officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2015
Putin, Saudi defense chief agree to cooperate on Syria to prevent formation of 'terrorist caliphate'
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Arabia's defense minister on Sunday, in Moscow's biggest attempt so far to reach out to enemies of Syria's President Bashar Assad since Russia joined the conflict with airstrikes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2015
The reason why Russian jets are buzzing Turkey
Vladmir Putin is willing to sacrifice Russia's warm and profitable ties with Turkey if it means keeping Syrian President Bashar Assad in power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2015
Russia wakes up Caspian Sea fleet to fire cruise missiles into Syria
The sailors of Russia's Caspian Sea fleet have seen little action over the last 300 years but now the war raging in Syria has thrust them into the forefront of Russia's largest military operation abroad since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2015
Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort
Islamic State fighters have seized villages close to the northern city of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite an intensifying Russian air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Belarus vote sets stage for Putin duel with EU
For an election deemed unnoticeable by international observers, there will be plenty of global attention when Belarus votes for president on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2015
Kiev learning hard lesson about Western support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has underestimated the determination of France and Germany to get the Ukrainian matter out of the way in the most efficient manner possible.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2015
How an Iranian in Moscow plotted Russia's assault on Syrian rebels
At a meeting in Moscow in July, a top Iranian general unfurled a map of Syria to explain to his Russian hosts how a series of defeats for President Bashar Assad could be turned into victory — with Russia's help.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2015
Putin has taken a crooked road to Damascus
Vladimir Putin's Syrian adventure is yet another appeal to Russian nostalgia for the Soviet past as a way to maintain his support and distract the public from problems closer to home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2015
Obama warns Putin of 'quagmire' in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a "quagmire," after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 1, 2015
World powers caught off guard by Russian sorties in Syria
Russia President Vladimir Putin's sudden escalation of airstrikes inside Syria is forcing the world to confront his latest military adventure, against a backdrop of deep distrust over whether defeating the Islamic State is his only goal.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2015
Russian parliament grants Putin right to deploy troops in Syria
The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country's military in Syria, a move a top Kremlin aide said related only to the air force.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2015
Is peace coming to Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin has achieved his aim in Ukraine, and both Petro Poroshenko and his Western supporters have tacitly accepted that freezing the current situation is the least bad outcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2015
Residents of Russian-held isles disputed by Japan await diplomatic resolution
Russian residents of an island chain at the center of a dispute that has held up a Japanese-Russian treaty to formally end World War II hope a diplomatic solution will lure tourists and investment to help refurbish rickety infrastructure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2015
Putin's play: setting up Assad to sell him out
Vladimir Putin is looking for leverage with the West, and Syria is one place where Russia could help the U.S. and Europe achieve a necessary objective — an end to the civil war.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2015
Russian lawmaker who stood up to Kremlin is stripped of his post
A Russian provincial lawmaker who, in a rare show of defiance, accused the Kremlin of lying about whether it sent its forces to fight in Ukraine was stripped of his seat in the local parliament on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2015
Obama, Putin will meet in New York but sides disagree on whether Ukraine, Syria top agenda
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House differed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2015
'Putin's banker' files $10 billion claim against Russia
Sergei Pugachev, a tycoon once dubbed "Putin's banker" because of his influence in the Kremlin, has filed a claim against Russia for more than $10 billion after his business empire was carved up when he fell out of favour with President Vladimir Putin.

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