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Analysis: Why some African countries are thinking twice about calling out Putin
Nelson Mandela was once asked why he still had relationships with, among others, Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat, the Cuban and Palestinian leaders who had […]
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Restoration of empire is the endgame for Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Reading Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mind is rarely a straightforward task, but on occasion the Kremlin leader makes it easy. Such was the case on Thursday, […]
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Putin’s chilling warning to Russian ‘traitors’ and ‘scum’ is a sign things aren’t going to plan
Western leaders and security agencies are spending huge amounts of resources on getting into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head. It’s a futile exercise — at times when […]
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US intelligence agencies make understanding Vladimir Putin’s state of mind a top priority
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference with his Belarusian counterpart following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 18, 2022. The […]
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Biden set to use first State of the Union to condemn Putin for ‘premeditated and unprovoked’ war
President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address in the US House chamber Tuesday evening, using his biggest platform of the year to condemn […]
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Opposition to Putin’s war is alive on Moscow’s streets. But no trace of it is covered on Russian TV
More than 6,400 Russians have been arrested in anti-war protests since President Vladimir Putin’s troops invaded Ukraine, but not one bone-crunching detention has made state TV. […]
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Putin orders troops into pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a “peacekeeping” mission, just hours after he signed decrees […]
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Checkmate. Putin has the West cornered
As 2022 nears, the West is trying to figure out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next move on a complex geopolitical chessboard — and preparing an “aggressive […]
