Contents tagged with Putin
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Peskov: newly elected Putin is different from the previous one
Vladimir Putin, as the new president of Russia, has a clear vision of the country's future development and is different from Putin that the voters have been accustomed to see, said Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the Russian President, on Sunday, March 25, 2018.
"The new Putin is a combination of whom we know and around whom we unite. He understands what we need in the future. His vision is much broader than of an average voter, and therefore he has an overwhelming support. People know …
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Putin asks Russians 'to be patient'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a live broadcast on Russian federal television on Friday that citizens of Russia should not expect that all the problems that have arisen in the country, particularly in its economy and social spheres, will be resolved immediately.
"You, Russian citizens, are right to speak about low incomes, faults with the healthcare system, housing, utilities and other things as well," Putin said, stressing that after winning the election he feels "a need to …
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Putin's cousin elected to Gazprom board
Gazprom’s Board of Directors has elected Mikhail Putin as a Deputy Chairman of the company for a period of five years, Interfax reports, citing Gazprom's press service.
He has taken the position of Alexander Kozlov, who passed away last year.
Mikhail Putin is the first cousin once removed of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was born in Ivanovo in 1967, and graduated from the Ivanovo State Medical Institute and the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Management Institute (now State University of …
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President of European Council Tusk refuses to congratulate Putin on winning the election
On Wednesday, March 21, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said that because of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, he will not congratulate the president of Russia on re-election, RIA Novosti reported.
"After the attack in Salisbury, I have no mood to celebrate the re-election of President Putin," Tusk said, answering questions from journalists in Brussels on Wednesday.
Tusk is not alone in his sentiments. The President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė and Polish …
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Putin gets almost 85% of the vote from Russians abroad
Vladimir Putin received 84.99% of the vote from Russians who went to polling stations abroad, RIA Novosti reported, citing a member of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC), Vasily Likhachev.
According to the CEC, almost 475,300 people voted abroad in the recent presidential election in Russia.
“In first place was Vladimir Putin, with 403,942 votes. In percentage terms that is 84.99%. In second place was Pavel Grudinin (23,938 votes or 5.04%). In third place was Ksenia Sobchak (19,331 …
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Trump congratulates Putin for election victory
On Tuesday, March 20, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and congratulated him on his victory in the presidential election, as reported by the Kremlin press service.
It was noted that the call was initiated by the American president.
The heads of state spoke about cooperating to ensure strategic stability and combat international terrorism, and also noted the need for coordinated efforts to limit the arms race.
The leaders of the …
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French President Macron speaks to Putin about supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine
According to the Élysée Palace’s website, French President Emmanuel Macron had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the conversation, Macron reminded Putin of the latter’s commitment to a constructive dialogue between Russia, France and Europe.
"The President recalled that France remains firmly committed to the full restoration of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and the effective implementation …
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Kyiv prohibits Russians from voting in Ukrainian territory
Kyiv has decided to prohibit Russians, except for diplomats, to vote in Ukraine since Moscow “continuously violates international treaties,” as stated by Member of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and member of Ukrainian Parliament Anton Herashchenko.
“In the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this decision is consistent with international law. Diplomats’ right to vote is covered by the international convention”, — he noted. Herashchenko added that if Russian citizens …
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Journalist: Putin had the idea to capture Crimea since 2008
In an interview with journalist Yury Dud, Alexei Venediktov, journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Echo of Moscow, claimed that Vladimir Putin came up with the idea to occupy the Crimea sometime around 2008.
“And, probably, there were plans made, in due order by the Joint Staff, and when the authorities in Kyiv crumbled, [when they] fell during the time of Maidan (Ukrainian Revolution), Putin thought that he could line it up. If Yanukovych had stayed, it’s unclear whether the Crimea would have …
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Kyiv: Putin’s visit to Crimea violates Ukraine’s sovereignty
On March 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine protested another visit by the Russian delegation, headed by President Vladimir Putin to annexed Crimea, which was not coordinated with Ukraine.
"Ukraine considers the said visit, as well as other so-called ‘visits’ of Russian officials to the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol a gross violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is a cynical and demonstrative disregard by the …