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Russian Upper House approves Bill that allows Putin to stay in power past
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar 11 (Sputnik/ANI): The Upper House of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, approved on Wednesday the presidential bill on amending the national Constitution.
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Turkey 'neutralized' 21 Syrian troops in Idlib
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 06 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey "neutralized" 21 Syrian troops in Syria's Idlib in response to a death of a Turkish soldier earlier this week, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported citing the country's Defense Ministry.
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Turkey, Russia agree on ceasefire in Syria's Idlib
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 6 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday (local time) announced a ceasefire in Idlib, following a meeting in Moscow that lasted six hours.
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Erdogan to meet Putin, Merkel, Macron on March 5 to discuss Syria crisis
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 23 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron next month to discuss the situation in northwest Syria.
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Damascus will continue to fight terror groups throughout country: Syrian F
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Damascus will continue to fight terrorist groups throughout the country even despite threats coming from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attack Syrian government troops, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Putin grants pardon to Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug trafficking
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 30 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted pardon to Naama Issachar, an American-Israeli woman, jailed in Russia on drug trafficking charges, the Kremlin said in a statement.
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Simona Halep cruises to fourth-round of Australian Open
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Jan 25 (ANI): Romanian tennis player Simona Halep advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a comprehensive win over Yulia Putintseva at the Rod Laver Arena here on Saturday.
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No change in UK's position on incident in Salisbury: Boris Johnson tells P
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 20 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Russian President Vladimir Putin that London's position on the incident in Salisbury had not changed, the office of the prime minister said on Sunday.
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Russia: Putin dismisses idea of allowing country's head of state to serve
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that it would be better not to return to allowing the country's head of state to serve for an indefinite term, making the statement in response to a proposal that was raised during a meeting with the president b
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Russian Duma approves Putin pick, Mikhail Mishustin, as new Prime Minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 17 (ANI): Russian assembly or the Duma on Thursday approved Mikhail V. Mishustin as the new Prime Minister, a little-known technocrat picked by President Vladimir Putin, a day after the Cabinet resigned as part of an unexpected Kremlin shake-up.
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Russia tax chief Mishustin accepts Putin's offer to become prime minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (ANI): Russian Federal Tax Service head Mikhail Mishustin on Wednesday accepted President Vladimir Putin's offer to become country's prime minister after the government of Prime Minister Dmitri A Medvedev resigned.
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Putin signs decree, asking outgoing Cabinet to fulfil duties until new gov
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, saying that the outgoing government will have to fulfil its duties until the new government is formed.
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