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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2013
Putin taken to task on soured U.S. relations
Vladimir Putin's Russia has slid back toward the suspicions and mistrust of the Cold War contest with the United States, U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday, adding that it is appropriate to "reassess" a relationship that has been damaged most recently by the case of National Security Agency leaker...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2013
Putin may be the only winner in Snowden affair
President Barack Obama's handling of the Snowden affair shows that the logic of security overrides that of civil rights. For a Nobel Peace Prize winner, that's disappointing.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2013
Putin gives Russian voters what they want in Snowden move
Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing his gamesmanship on a global stage by giving his voters what they want with the asylum granted to ex-U.S. contractor Edward Snowden while leaving the White House flustered.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2013
Can Snowden cite rights and still applaud Putin?
It's easy to admire Edward Snowden for what he has revealed about U.S. and U.K. spying, and still feel deeply uncomfortable about his praise for Russia, of all places.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2013
Russia's survivalist in the Kremlin
Given Russia's experience with militant groups, Vladimir Putin believes Russia's domestic stability requires strong Mideast leaders who can keep extremists in check.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2013
Repression surges in Putin's Russia
Last week was a busy one for Russian authorities, who arrested the only nationally known opposition mayor for bribery, sought six years in prison for crusading blogger Alexei Navalny and asked a court to find a long-dead attorney guilty of tax evasion.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2013
West's tolerance of Putin emboldens oppressors
With each step Vladimir Putin takes to restrict the freedoms of the Russian people, like-minded leaders see the weak U.S.-EU responses and are emboldened.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2013
Spotlight on Vladimir Putin's Potemkin love life
Whether a new woman will help to soften foreigners' perception of Russian President Vladimir Putin's cynical diplomacy and brutal rule is open to question.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2013
Why Turkey's revolt will fail
In recent years, mass protests in authoritarian states have succeeded only where the rioters had little or nothing to lose. That isn't the case in Istanbul.
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2013
Alcohol addiction could doom Putin's dreams
Russians' love for vodka has a long history. Legend holds that vodka arrived in Moscow in the 14th century, brought by Genovese merchants to Prince Dmitry Ivanovich.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2013
Putin's hand in radicalizing a secular rebellion
It was Vladimir Putin's refusal to distinguish legitimate Chechen demands for independence from terrorism that created the jihadist movement in the North Caucasus.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 6, 2013
New talks unlikely to settle Northern Territories dispute
There is little reason for optimism that new Japan-Russia talks over the fate of the Northern Territories will fare any better than previous attempts to reach a deal.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2013
Toward a Japan-Russia peace treaty
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to restart talks toward a peace treaty, which could lead to resolution of a territorial dispute.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
Why Putin's peace pact in Chechnya will collapse
The involvement of two ethnic Chechens in the Boston Marathon bombing shows that the wars that ravaged the Russian republic more than a decade ago aren't over.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
The paradox of the Boston bombing
Essentially the Boston bombers' stories are not so different from those of America's home-grown 'lone wolves' — typically white and equally disenchanted.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2013
Anniversaries, talk shows showcase division in Russia
Opposition critics, left and right, of Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to be loud but toothless opportunists. In many cases, they are nostalgic for Josef Stalin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2013
Globe-trotting Abe has energy on the brain
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is embarking on a diplomatic quest from Sunday that will take him halfway around the globe to Russia and the Middle East accompanied by dozens of top corporate executives, with one key goal in mind: energy.

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