Putin

• Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will seek another term in office

  Putin announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election after a Kremlin award ceremony, when war veterans and others pleaded with him to seek re-election.

  World

  Dec 8, 2023
  
• Putin, Kim meeting in Russia will be full-scale visit, Kremlin says

  According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the main topic of the talks will be bilateral relations between the neighbouring countries.

  World

  Sep 11, 2023
  
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• Putin dashes hopes of new Black Sea grain deal after talks with Turkey

  Russia refused to extend the deal in July, complaining that a parallel agreement promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertilizer hadn't been honoured.

  World

  Sep 4, 2023
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• Ukraine wants Canada’s ‘diplomatic muscle’ to boost peace plan support

  Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba is asking Canada to encourage countries beyond Europe and its allies to support a peace plan.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2023
• Putin pressed by African leaders to revive Black Sea grain deal

  African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and renew a deal on the export of Ukrainian grain.

  World

  Jul 28, 2023
• Putin promises food security for Africa after Black Sea grain deal collapse

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was confident that Russia could replace Ukrainian grain exports to Africa, which have stopped since the end of the Black Sea grain deal.

  World

  Jul 27, 2023
• Putin to visit China in fall, gets invite to G20 summit in India

  Russian news agencies quoted Putin's foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, as saying the trip will be timed to coincide with a ``One Belt, One Road'' forum in China.

  World

  Jul 25, 2023
• Black Sea grain deal extension vital to avoid ‘further shocks,’ Canada says

  A precarious deal brokered last summer to help feed the world hangs in the balance over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UN and the E.U. can break a deadlock.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
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• In Prigozhin’s shadow, the Wagner Group leader who stays out of the spotlight

  Yevgeniy Prigozhin is the financier and public face of the Wagner Group, but the operational leader is Dmitry Utkin.

  World

  Jun 29, 2023
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• Top Russian general was sympathetic to Wagner revolt: U.S. officials

  Yevgeny Prigozhin startled the world by leading an armed revolt on Saturday that brought his Wagner Group fighters from the Ukrainian border to within 200 kilometers of Moscow.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2023