Vladimir putin articles
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Putin Punishes Defense Minister for Ukraine War Shortcomings: ISW
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made a public gesture intended to punish Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for his inability to achieve the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).The ISW, a U.S.-based think tank, wrote in a Thursday assessment of the war in Ukraine that Putin held a publicized meeting with a known rival of Shoigu as a way of possibly "seeking to reduce" the defense minister's power.The report from the ISW follows...
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Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds
Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds In a surprising turn, The Wall Street Journal has issued a new weekend report saying that US intelligence agencies do not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin planned or ordered the death of opposition activist and politician Alexei Navalny. "U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Putin likely didn’t order Navalny to be killed at the notoriously brutal prison camp in February, people familiar with...
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Alexey Navalny's death wasn't directly ordered by Putin, WSJ reports
Alexey Navalny's February death in a remote Arctic prison camp likely wasn't directly ordered by Vladimir Putin, despite Navalny's outspoken criticism of the Russian president, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.Despite the suspicious circumstances of the opposition leader's death, the outlet reported Putin may not have intended Navalny to be killed when he was.The Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," reported that several US intelligence agencies, including the CIA, the...