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Mr Putin announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election after a Kremlin award ceremony

Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, likens himself to Charles de Gaulle. Does he really pose a threat to Putin?

Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win.

Russian leader a step closer to a fifth term in widely expected announcement, with little doubt over outcome

President Vladimir Putin said Friday he will run for re-election in 2024, Russian news agencies reported, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s.

Russia announces 3-day voting for March pres. election. Kremlin critics say it makes transparency more difficult. Putin expected to run again, decision to be made when "appropriate". Kremlin says "lots of people" urging Putin to run, press conference on Dec 14.

A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Group ‘harvesting sensitive material’ via social media part of FSB unit leaking data to serve Kremlin

Ukraine urged residents to save electricity Thursday after a power plant near the front line was hit by shelling, the first such warning this winter as temperatures plunge below freezing.

Ukrainian flags, last year a common sight on the East Coast of the United States, are now noticeably absent. With the battles in the Donbas having dropped off the headlines, eclipsed for months by Gaza, this speaks truth to the national mood — but also to the politics in Washington.…

Illya Kyva had previously been given a 14-year jail sentence for high treason