Exiled Putin critic Boris Nadezhdin speaks with CNN

Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin has just fled Russia, amid an effort by the authorities to prevent him from running in upcoming parliamentary elections. In exile in France, Nadezhdin talks ...
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This anti-war politician just fled Russia. He believes Putin knows the war is costing him support

Boris Nadezhdin struck a tired, yet still upbeat figure when we met on a blisteringly hot day in Paris. He’d been in France just over a week, still reeling from his hasty exit from Russia after a ...

Japan condemns Putin’s visit to disputed islands

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for the first time visited the Kuril Islands, a Russian-controlled Pacific island chain also claimed by Japan, in a move that drew a protest from Tokyo.
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Putin and Trump held ‘businesslike’ 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s foreign ...