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Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin...
Putin is scheduled to reappear today, and the world is watching to see if he’ll keep his appointment
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to reappear on Monday after an unusually long absence from public view. Putin has a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in St. Petersburg, and a Kremlin official told AFP that the meeting is still scheduled to take place, the Times of Israel reports. This meeting comes after Putin...
The 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here’s what you need to know for Monday. 1. An Austrian newspaper reported Sunday that a Viennese doctor travelled to Moscow to treat Russian President Vladamir Putin for back problems. 2. A 20-year-old protester was arrested Sunday night for the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri. 3. ISIS has established a...
Putin mulled putting nuclear forces ‘on alert’ over Crimea
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year after the fall of a Moscow-backed government in Kiev.In a nearly three-hour documentary aired on state TV in Russia on Sunday a year after the takeover of the Black Sea Peninsula from...
Ukrainian activists installed a fake Putin gravestone outside the Russian embassy in Kiev
Members of the Ukrainian social movement AutoMaidan installed a fake Vladimir Putin gravestone outside Russia’s embassy in Kiev, according to photos and videos posted on the group’s Facebook page. The Russian president has not been seen in public since March 5 — by far his longest absence in at least a decade. The latest rumors...
The latest Putin rumor is that he is recovering from the flu
Russian President Vladimir Putin still is not around. He hasn’t been seen in public since March 5, and the world is buzzing with conspiracy theories big and small. Putin is usually not one to hide in the shadows, frequently pushing himself into the spotlight. The story recently has been very different. The latest theory circulating on...
Putin’s disappearance could be another genius ploy — here’s why that’s unlikely
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public since March 5, and the world is waiting to see if the 62-year-old casually returns or if his absence signals something far more serious. Russia has been rife with rumors, including that he is dead or on paternity leave, while the government’s slick propaganda machine has slipped...
US, Iran in new nuclear talks as tempers fray
Lausanne (AFP) – Iran and the US aim in talks starting Sunday in Switzerland to begin closing in on a milestone deal reducing Tehran’s nuclear activities to within strict limits after 18 months of tortuous negotiations.Time is however running very short and tempers are fraying in Washington where critics fear that the mooted accord...
Spot the differences in these uncanny photos of Obama and Putin with the Pope
President Barack Obama met Pope Francis Thursday, and one of the photos taken evokes another papal meeting. Here is Russian President Vladimir Putin with Pope Francis in November: What makes the juxtaposition so fascinating is that the pope’s smile is quite similar, while the overall body language in the two photos quite different. A sort...
Ukraine leader reports ‘de-escalation’ in fighting with separatists
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east as Kiev received the first tranche in a multi-billion-dollar IMF bailout.Speaking on Ukraine’s private 1+1 television network...
