Putin tells Russia 'everything will be fine' amid the nation's military and economic struggles

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In an address in December, Putin acknowledged the country's inflation struggles.

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7 revealing moments from Putin's marathon end-of-year event

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Vladimir Putin holds his annual press conference in December 2024.

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine could join NATO without Article 5 applying to its occupied territory

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during a joint press conference in Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said Article 5 might not apply to all of Ukraine's territory if it joins NATO, to not drag other member states into war.

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Putin has 2 daughters he barely ever talks about, and is rumored to have at least 1 more

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Russian President Vladimir and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva.

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Putin tells Russians there's no reason to panic as the ruble sinks, but analysts say its economy is in trouble

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no reason to panic about the ruble's slide.

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Putin hails Trump as a 'smart and experienced person' who can bring peace to Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Astana; President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
"President Trump, a smart and experienced person, will come up with a solution," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday.

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Russia fired a new type of missile at Ukraine. It's fast, can carry nukes, and could hit far into Europe.

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Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on November 21, 2024.
Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on November 21, 2024.

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Russia needed armor so badly that its biggest film studio donated 36 Soviet-era tanks that were used as props

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T-55 and T-54 tanks are seen in a black-and-white photo taken in Hungary. Mosfilm's director general, Karen Shakhnazarov, wears sunglasses as he attends a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Mosfilm's director general said the movie studio had donated 36 tanks, including the aging T-55, to Russia's defense ministry.

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Wounded Russian troops had their medical payouts cut back in one swift move from the Kremlin

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits servicemen who were wounded during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at a military hospital in Moscow in May 2022.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday limiting a $30,000 payout to injured soldiers based on the severity of their wounds.

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Inside Trump and Putin's first phone call since the election

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President-elect Donald Trump speaking to his supporters in West Palm Beach, Florida; Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during a plenary session of the Valdai Club.
President-elect Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine during a phone call on Thursday, The Washington Post reported.

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