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Four Ukrainian oblasts – Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia were unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022 after internationally unrecognized referendums held days prior, which were organized by Russian occupation authorities in territories where hostilities were ongoing and much of the population had fled.
[57] In 1994, Zhirnovsky wrote that "Russia reaching the shores of the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea is a task that will be the salvation of the Russian nation." [4] Zhirinovsky believes that Russia's possession of nuclear weapons (and the threat of their use) would prevent other nations from stopping expansionist moves on their part. [57]
Election logo. Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. [1] [2] [a] It was the eighth presidential election in the country.The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage in a presidential election in post-Soviet Russia, [4] gaining a fifth term in what was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion.
Ukrainian troops keep defying predictions during Russian advance, Zelensky says. DAVID KEYTON and JOHN LEICESTER. June 12, 2022 at 5:31 PM ... according to Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti ...
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Igor Nikolaevich Panarin (Russian: И́горь Никола́евич Пана́рин [ˈiɡərʲ nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ pɐˈnarʲɪn]; born 30 October 1958) [1] is a Russian professor and political scientist. [2]
In August 2008, The Economist claimed: "Russia today is ruled by the KGB elite, has a Soviet anthem, servile media, corrupt courts and a rubber-stamping parliament. A new history textbook proclaims that the Soviet Union, although not a democracy, was 'an example for millions of people around the world of the best and fairest society'".