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On 7 October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who exposed corruption in the Russian army and its conduct in Chechnya, was shot in the lobby of her apartment building, on Putin's birthday. The death of Politkovskaya triggered international criticism, with accusations that Putin had failed to protect the country's new independent media.
Putin receives first wishes for 72nd birthday. October 6, 2024 at 6:32 PM (Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on ...
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyOnly a handful of people know the exact location where President Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 70th birthday in St. Petersburg on ...
Vladimir Putin announced the Avangard vehicle in 2018, saying it was a response to America’s development of a new generation of weapons. ... Her death on 7 October, which is Putin’s birthday ...
The assassination occurred on Vladimir Putin's birthday and two days after Ramzan Kadyrov's 30th birthday celebrations, "raising suspicions that the murder was an unasked-for present from a henchman of one or both".
Russian President Vladimir Putin got an unusual gift for his 70th birthday on Friday: a tractor. As the leaders of several ex-Soviet nations met at the Czarist-era Konstantin Palace in St ...
The family of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known as Nizhny Novgorod), his son Vladimir Spiridonovich (1911–1999) participated in World War II, and grandson Vladimir Vladimirovich (born 1952) made a career in the KGB and the FSB, before being ...
Her death on 7 October, which is Putin’s birthday, led to suggestions the shooting was done to please the president. ... strategic city of Avdiivka by Vladimir Putin’s troops in the past 24 ...