Via the UK’s Daily Mail: The Kremlin has issued an extraordinary denial to the ‘lies’ that Vladimir Putin, 71, had ‘died at his luxury Valdia forest palace’ – amid claims a ‘coup’ was underway in Moscow. This comes after a Telegram channel, which has claimed for months the Russian leader had cancer and was terminally
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday. He’ll be attending the third Belt and Road Forum. Putin will also meet with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping. Putin and Xi have a mutual man-crush, mutual trust, and a “no-limits” partnership. Putin is wanted for war crimes but the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t have
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee holds Russian 1000-rouble banknotes in a bank office in Moscow, Russia, in this illustration picture taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble steadied near 97.5 to the dollar on Friday, locking in the hefty gains made in the previous session after President Vladimir
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee counts Russian 1000-rouble banknotes in a bank office in Moscow, Russia, in this illustration picture taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Russia’s rouble leapt against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the mandatory sale of foreign currency revenues for some
2/2 © Reuters. A view shows a Russian one rouble coin in front of a screen in this illustration picture taken August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File photo 2/2 By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -The Russian rouble weakened past 100 to the dollar to a more than seven-week low as President Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday, hurt
