Putin's biggest critic is now missing from prison a week after the Russian president announced another run for office

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Alexei Navalny with his arms being held behind his back by Russian police officers as he is detained.
Alexei Navalny was detained by Russian police officers during a protest in Moscow.

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The world's most powerful men want women to have more babies

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Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin

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Putin believes Ukraine will fall within just months without new US aid, says Senate Intelligence Chair

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Sen. Mark Warner
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaking with reporters after attending a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at the US Capitol Building on February 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Republicans in Congress are holding up Ukraine aid and Russia is poised to take advantage

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Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during the Artificial Intelligence Journey 2023 on November 24, 2023, in Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Putin could capitalize as Ukraine's aid from the US dries up.

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Russia is sending wounded soldiers back into battle in a desperate attempt to take a Ukrainian city, families say

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A bird's-eye view of the destroyed buildings of the city of Avdiivka on October 26, 2023 in Avdiivka, Ukraine.
A bird's-eye view of the destroyed buildings of the city of Avdiivka on October 26, 2023.

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Putin seeks to humiliate Biden by showing him that attempts to isolate Russia have failed

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US President Joe Biden (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva on June 16, 2021.

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Putin says Russia will develop new AI technology to counter the Western monopoly, which he fears could lead to a 'digital abolition' of Russian culture

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Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled Russia's new plan to take on the West in developing AI.

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Russian opposition group report says it's identified another superyacht belonging to Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin yacht
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a boat trip with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko off the Black Sea coast, Russia May 29, 2021

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Here's what the limos of 8 world leaders look like

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President Joe Biden sits in his limousine before departing from San Francisco International Airport.

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Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings

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Vladamir Putin and Peter Theil
According to Peter Thiel, the Kremlin reached out to him through Daniil Bisslinger, a Russian diplomat. The German investor Christian Angermayer is the one who introduced them, Thiel said.

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