Questions tagged [vladimir-putin]
Questions relating to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin the current President of the Russian Federation, holding the office since 7 May 2012. He was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000, President from 2000 to 2008, and again Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012
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“Putin enters a bar and proclaims, 'Next round's on the house!'” What's the point of this popular Russian joke?
I'm a student learning the Russian language, and I visit a popular Russian jokes website from time to time. There's a monthly rating list of new jokes on that website, and last month the top joke on ...
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Why was President Trump heavily criticized for congratulating Putin on winning the election?
According to The Guardian, President Trump was subject to criticism over his decision to congratulate President Putin on winning Russian elections in 2018:
Donald Trump defended himself against ...
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Why would Putin even bother barring Navalny from participating?
The BBC describes Navalny as Putin's main opposition rival (example article), despite the fact that he has rarely scored over 2% in opinion polls (at least two other opposition candidates score ≥6%). ...
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What did Putin say about a US deep state in his state-of-the-nation speech; what has he said in the past?
The NYTimes article Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter says only this about Putin's recent mention of "deep state" in the US, in his state-of-the-nation speech:
Mr. ...
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Why did Vladimir Putin order a pullout from Syria in late 2017?
Vladimir Putin ordered pullout of Russian troops from Syria. Why such a decision?
Russia had entered Syria to ensure that Bashar-Al-Assad remain in power and the West do not put a puppet in power?
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Did Putin really write his recent article for The National Interest, written in English, on his own?
I just came across an article by Putin in The National Interest and got quite impressed by his English writing proficiency. As an undergraduate student learning English, I know how much time and ...
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Has Trump's position on the existence of Russian meddling been consistent (in the past few months)?
The latest news is that:
[Journalist:] Just now, President Putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. Every U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that Russia did.
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Can translators be subpoenaed?
For instance, could the translator who was in the room with Putin and Trump be subpoenaed to testify as to what Trump said to Putin?
Let's say the U.S. determines it to be a matter of national ...
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Did Putin admit to giving the order to send the “little green men” into Crimea in an interview?
In this video journalist Julia Ioffe said that in a "state-sponsored documentary" that aired on "Channel 1", supposedly "the main Kremlin TV channel", Russian president Putin said that he gave the ...
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Why did Vladimir Putin’s approval rating increase substantially after the annexation of Crimea?
Was it mainly because of the decision to annex Crimea? If so, why did that have major backing among Russian people?
Here's a link to a snapshot of the Levada Center's English-language page from ...
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What is the basis for Putin describing the collapse of the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century?
what is the basis for this commonly-quoted statement by Vladimir Putin? As reported on Politifact:
Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical ...
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What is the difference between the National Guard and the MVD Internal Troops?
Recently, Putin signed the law that creates the National Guard of Russia (Росгвардия), seemingly replacing the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD, МВД).
What is the difference ...
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Does Putin support the ideas of Communism and/or Socialism? [closed]
I know he's no lefty on social issues and foreign policy, but coming from the Soviet Union, is Vladimir Putin known to support economic concepts that are more inline with the left?
Has Putin been ...
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Given Putin's widespread support, why cheat in elections?
It's generally agreed that there was cheating in the Russian presidential elections, with the aim of increasing the number of votes for Vladimir Putin. There were widespread irregularities, and in ...
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Did Russia actually change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election in the US?
Before you press the "close" button, hear me out. My question is: was there a non-partisan assessment as to whether Russia's influence campaign not just helped Trump get elected but made his ...
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Did Vladimir Putin state that Trump is a puppet?
Weeks ago I read in an opinion news paper article whose author said that Vladimir Putin thought that all the USA presidents he had met were just "mere puppets".
There is also a video interview in ...
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Why would Putin propose a non-interference pact?
On the news there are articles about Putin proposing the pact with the US.
First, pacts don't guarantee anything. Secondly, I didn't hear that Russia felt a lot of meddling in their own elections. And ...
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Have some of Russian troops withdrawn from Syria since Putin's announcement in december 2017?
On 11 december 2017, Vladimir Putin announced that Russian army would partially withdraw from Syria.
"In two years, the Russian armed forces, together with the Syrian army, have defeated the most ...
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How does the disqualification of Alexei Navalny affect the legitimacy of the Russian presidential elections? [closed]
Now that Alexei Navalny has been barred from the elections Vladimir Putin will be the only candidate in the Russian elections to be held next year. Is it illegal to bar a candidate even though he is ...
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Who caused the Ukraine crisis, according to Putin?
In reaction to Euromaidan, Putin claimed, that the whole Ukraine crisis was planned by USA and EU. Afterwards he argued that he invaded Ukraine to stop the authoritarian regime taking rule. But ...
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Is there a reason to think Putin must have a hidden agenda in proposing reforms to Russia's constitution? [duplicate]
If I look only at the facts, it seems that:
Putin is transferring some power from the President to others (i.e. he's giving up power)
Putin has said Russia should not have Soviet-style leaders-for-...
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Why did Putin allow Alexey Navalny to be transferred from Russia to Germany? [closed]
Alexey Navalny, Russia's (Putin's) opposition leader, was transferred yesterday from Siberia to Berlin for emergency treatment (for a suspected poisoning).
Russian doctors permitted him to be ...
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As of 2018, why did Putin get involved in Syria? [duplicate]
When Russia first got involved in Syria, a few points came in my mind:
To distract the international community from Crimean annexation.
To secure a naval base in Syria so that they can get involve in ...
