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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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Russian PM, his Cabinet resign as Putin proposes sweeping constitutional c
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Dmitri A Medvedev and his Cabinet resigned on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping constitutional changes that could extend his hold on power for many years.
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PM Modi, Putin discuss regional, global issues during telephonic conversat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the two leaders underlined the great similarity and convergence in the approaches of India and Russia for ensuring regional and global
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Jaishankar meets SCO Secretary-General, appreciates organisation efforts t
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Monday met Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Vladimir Norov, and appreciated the organisation's efforts to promote tourism among member states.
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SCO Secy General Vladimir Norov arrives in India on 4-day visit to attend
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Vladimir Norov arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit to attend the Raisina Dialogue 2020 to be held next week.
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Putin deplores escalation in Middle East during talks With Syria's Assad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pointed to a rise in tensions in the Middle East as the situation in Syria took a turn for the better.
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Putin advocates normalising ties in New Year greetings to Trump
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday invited his American counterpart Donald Trump to visit Moscow in the coming year and advocated for normalising relations between the two countries in his New Year message to the White House.
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Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists begin prisoner swap
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], Dec 29 (ANI): Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday began an all-for-all prisoner swap in a move aimed at de-escalating 5-year long war in the country.
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Russia: Police briefly detains Putin's prominent critic Alexei Navalny
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 26 (ANI): Police on Thursday raided the prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, and detained him for a brief period of time.
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