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Gennady Timchenko, a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, resigned from the board at gas producer Novatek on Monday after he was targeted by sanctions over Russia's military ...
Novatek, Russia's largest private natural gas producer, did not provide a reason for his resignation. A representave of Timchenko, who had served on the company's board of directors since 2009 ...
A senior editor and 10 journalists at Russian daily newspaper Kommersant said on Monday they were resigning to protest against the firing of two colleagues over an article about a possible ...
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov (Russian: Борис Вячеславович Грызлов, IPA: [bɐˈrʲiz ɡrɨˈzlof]; [a] born 15 December 1950) is a Russian politician currently serving as the Russian Ambassador to Belarus.
Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 [e] and again from 2008 to 2012. [f] [7] At 25 years, 1 month and 4 days, he is the longest-serving Russian or Soviet leader since the 30-year tenure of Joseph Stalin. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He ...
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This sparked demonstrations in central Moscow, with the crowd chanting "Medvedev, resign!" as well as "Putin is a thief!" [143] In the summer of 2018, country-wide protests took place against the retirement age hike introduced by Medvedev's government.
Sergei Shoigu, the outgoing defence minister and a longstanding Putin ally, will become secretary of the Security Council, a senior job that will keep him close to Putin but arguably wields less ...