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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2020
Putin doubles down on Belarus ally, wary of protest contagion
Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his embrace of beleaguered ally Alexander Lukashenko as the Belarusian ruler intensifies a crackdown on monthlong protests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020
Russia is using the media to wage war in Belarus. Sound familiar?
Vladimir Putin is trying to convey the impression that he is just a concerned neighbor in the Belarusian crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2020
Germany says Putin foe Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok agent
Soon after a private plane carrying poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny touched down in Berlin last month, doctors treating him at the prestigious Charite hospital there became so alarmed they called in the army.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020
Belarus is Putin’s to lose
The Russian president's continued support for the Lukashenko regime risks pushing the country toward the West.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2020
Alexei Navalny, being treated in Germany, looms over Russian politics
How the incident will affect Russia's political scene will hinge in part on Navalny's longer-term condition and whether he will be able to return home, analysts said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2020
Putin critic Alexei Navalny fights for his life as aides suspect poisoning
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2020
China’s assertiveness is becoming a problem for its friends, too
In the regular drumbeat of arrests of alleged Chinese spies, one case last month stood out.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2020
An inside look at Vladimir Putin’s many moves to retain power
When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for June's nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2020
Hundreds protest in Moscow against reforms that may keep Putin in power
Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years, witnesses and a monitoring group said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020
Trump and Putin by the book
Both leaders were long prefigured in classic works of political satire.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2020
Putin wins 16 more years of reckless behavior
The West consistently underestimates the Russian president's willingness to take extreme risks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 2, 2020
President for life? Russians grant Putin right to extend rule until 2036
Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will allow him to run again for president twice, but critics said the outcome was falsified on an industrial scale.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2020
Vladimir Putin's plea
The Russian president is scared, and he's probably right to be.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2020
Putin uses WW2 anniversary to push idea of Russian-backed summit to stabilize world
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the leaders of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to make good on an agreement to hold a face-to-face summit to try to tackle the world's problems as soon as possible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020
Russian derangement syndrome
The Democrats and American media's obsession with the Kremlin's antics is becoming self-defeating.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2020
How Putin's Russia bungled the pandemic
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has strained a health system that's suffering from poor funding and incomplete post-Soviet reforms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2020
Putin has a Syria ‘headache’ and the Kremlin’s blaming Assad
Russian President Vladimir Putin is letting his impatience show with Syrian ally Bashar Assad, who isn’t proving as grateful for being kept in power by Russian intervention in his country’s brutal civil war as the Kremlin leader needs him to be.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2020
Putin's aides shocked by his presidential power play
Vladimir Putin's surprise move to allow himself to remain as president until 2036 caught even many Kremlin insiders off guard, leaving some feeling deceived by his motivation for changing the constitution.

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