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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2018
U.S.-backed Syrian rebels open to handing over two captured 'Beatles' British IS militants
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has not received a request from any foreign government to hand over two British Islamic State militants in its custody, a senior SDF official said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2018
As Trump attacks U.S. law enforcement, another top official quits
The U.S. Justice Department's third-ranking official, Rachel Brand, will resign and take a senior job at Walmart Inc., with sources familiar with her decision saying on Friday that she had grown increasingly uncomfortable with President Donald Trump's attacks on her department and the FBI.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Trump's lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request: New York Times
Several of U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers have advised him not to sit down for an interview with a special counsel investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2018
In Russia, a long game for Alexei Navalny
Russia is likely to pass through a darker night than now before Vladimir Putin's determined opponent can claim leadership.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2018
Hopes wither for World War II peace treaty as Russian military muscles onto Kurils
The Russian Air Force last week took joint control of a newly operational airport in the disputed Northern Territories, in a sign that Moscow is digging in over the islands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2018
Trump pick K.T. McFarland withdraws nomination as envoy to Singapore
K.T. McFarland, picked by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to Singapore, withdrew from consideration for the job Friday after her nomination became stalled in the U.S. Senate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2018
Russia's East-West dilemmas
It's in no nation's interest that Russia should continue to be the odd one out.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2018
Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny nabbed as protesters point to Putin poll fraud threat
Russian police wrestled opposition leader Alexei Navalny into a patrol wagon on Sunday moments after he appeared at a rally to urge voters to boycott what he said would be a rigged presidential election in March.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Russian-linked bots accounted for 4% of Trump retweets in final months before election
Russian-linked Twitter bots shared Donald Trump's tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 election campaign, the company said in a submission to Congress.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
White House counsel McGahn 'fed up' with Trump, threatened to quit job last year
White House Counsel Donald McGahn threatened to quit last June because he was "fed up" after President Donald Trump insisted he take steps to remove the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, a person familiar with the matter said.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2018
Putin is 'un-Wolffable,' and that's no compliment
Americans have it good. Here's a mental exercise: Try to imagine the 'Wolffing' of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2018
Japan might ask Russian President Putin to visit in 2019 to discuss isle row
The government is considering inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan around May 2019 in the hope of making progress in resolving a decades-long territorial row, government sources said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2018
The verdict is clear: Putin won
Vladimir Putin has done grave harm to the U.S., the legitimacy of the democratic process and U.S. decision-making.
EDITORIALS
Dec 28, 2017
Preparing for Putin, round five
Success demands that Japanese leaders have a clear-eyed, unsentimental and realistic assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his thinking about power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
Putin calls for social media activities of 'some' firms to be monitored during 2018 election
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the Russian authorities should monitor the activity of "some companies" on social media during next year's presidential election and assess the extent of their involvement in domestic politics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 24, 2017
Putin critic Navalny clears first hurdle in bid to run in Russian presidential election
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cleared the first hurdle Sunday toward taking part in next year's presidential election, even though the Central Election Commission has previously ruled him ineligible to run.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017
East Russian port of Nakhodka chokes on coal amid Asia demand but can't kick dependency
The far eastern Russian port of Nakhodka on the Sea of Japan is swathed in coal dust. It blankets the streets, clogs the air and is blamed by some for a rise in respiratory diseases among the city's 150,000 residents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2017
Putin says alleged White House-Kremlin collusion are result of 'spy-mania'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he's on first-name terms with Donald Trump, as he praised the U.S. leader's record and blamed allegations of collusion between the Kremlin and the White House on "spy-mania."
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2017
Dance official confirms identity of Putin's daughter, later withdraws comments
A colleague of Katerina Tikhonova from the world of acrobatic rock 'n' roll confirmed that she is the younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then later withdrew his comments, saying he had misheard the question.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2017
Putin's Middle East power play
The defeat of Islamic State could foreshadow a new order not only in the Middle East but elsewhere in the world as well.

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