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VLADIMIR PUTIN

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2015
Kremlin critic cuts monitor tag, won't comply with house arrest
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Monday he would no longer comply with the terms of his house arrest and had cut off his monitoring tag.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2015
A year to study history
In Asia, perhaps the most important political task in 2015 will be understanding the personality and the politics of China's top leader, Xi Jinping. That means studying history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2014
After 15 years in power, Putin risks running out of luck
When Vladimir Putin was handed power unexpectedly by an ailing Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the last century, his first move was to go on television to guarantee Russia the freedoms needed for a "civilized society."
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 27, 2014
Falling oil prices pushing Russia toward recession
Slumping oil prices have put Russia's economy on course for a sharp recession next year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Friday, as authorities scaled up their bailout for the first bank to succumb to the recent ruble crisis.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 25, 2014
Putin orders vodka price cap as Russia's economy goes on the rocks
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to rein in rising vodka prices, as he battles to preserve his popularity amid an aggravating economic crisis.
WORLD
Dec 23, 2014
Russia in grips of 'full-fledged economic crisis,' ex-minister says
Russia's government has pushed the country into an economic crisis by not tackling its financial problems fast enough, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday, as evidence mounted of trouble spreading through the economy.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2014
Obama orders exports of goods, technology to Crimea blocked
President Barack Obama on Friday said he will ban exports of goods, technology or services to Ukraine's Crimea region, and called on Russia to end its annexation of the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014
Putin isn't worried, but the West should be
A mere two weeks after delivering a weak, stumbling state-of-the-nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin makes combative comments on Russian history and the economy that indicate he is still living in a 19th century of his own making.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2014
EU leaders ready long confrontation with Russia
European Union leaders warned Moscow they were ready to exercise their combined muscle over the long haul in a confrontation with an economically wounded Russia if President Vladimir Putin refused to pull back from Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2014
Putin says economy will rebound after rouble's fall, but offers no remedy
President Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday that the economy will rebound after the rouble's dramatic slide this year but offered no remedy for a deepening financial crisis.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2014
Russia's downward slide
The decision by Russia's Central Bank to practically double interest rates in the middle of the night is a bad sign. The question now is how President Vladimir Putin will double-down to get Russia through a perfect economic storm.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2014
Three 'geos' push the world but leave Russia in a cloud
All the colonial empires of the 20th century have given way to young nation-states and to a new kind of relations between a capital and its former colonies, yet official Russia goes on shedding tears about its disintegrated empire.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 18, 2014
Putin faces media in 'moment of truth' as Russia's economy reels
Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the media at his annual press conference Thursday as the country faces a crisis that evokes memories of the post-Soviet dystopia of 1998.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2014
Ruble collapse could shake Putin's grip on power
Russia failed to halt the collapse of the ruble on Tuesday, leaving President Vladimir Putin facing a full-blown currency crisis that could weaken his iron grip on power.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2014
Russia invites North Korean leader for WWII commemoration
Russia has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend a May ceremony marking the end of World War II, in what would be Kim's first foreign visit since taking the helm of the reclusive state in 2011, Japan's Asahi Shimbun daily said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2014
The real history of Putin's Crimean 'Jerusalem'
In his state-of-the-nation speech early this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward an astonishing and 'spiritual' justification for his annexation of Crimea. The actual history is murky.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2014
Uzbek president asks Putin to help fight radical Islam in Central Asia
Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as U.S. forces draw down their numbers in Afghanistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2014
Putin struggles with oil prices and sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't appear to have any kind of short-term or medium-term plan for Russia's economy that's compatible with the dual impacts of falling oil prices and sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2014
Putin allies channeled billions to Ukraine oligarch with sweetheart deals
In Russia, powerful friends helped him make a fortune. In the United States, officials want him extradited and put behind bars. In Austria, where he is currently free on bail of $155 million, authorities have yet to decide what to do with him.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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