Videos show a massive fuel tank explosion after a suspected drone strike in Putin's prized resort town

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Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.

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Russia gave Kim Jong Un a bunch of attack drones as a present, violating a UN resolution that even Russian diplomats voted for

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.

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Russia hikes rates to 13% in scramble to lower inflation and prop up the sagging ruble

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a news conference after an EU-Russia Summit in Brussels January 28, 2014. Putin said on Tuesday it would honor its obligations to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce its gas prices even if the opposition formed the next government.

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Recent arrests suggest Putin is quietly trying to rein in some of his most effective promoters of the war in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in February 2022.

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Putin is 'scrounging around' for low-quality weapons by doing a deal with North Korea, US official says

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space center in Russia, as seen on TV in South Korea.

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Russia is getting richer again, thanks to soaring oil prices

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The CEO of Russia's biggest bank says the ruble is 'unjustifiably undervalued,' but Putin has downplayed the ruble's weakness — and it shows even Russia's elite don't see eye to eye about the economy

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Sberbank CEO Herman Gref (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) talking.
Sberbank CEO Herman Gref and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin is so paranoid that he has armed divers swimming around his private beach looking for assassins, an ex-security officer says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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More trouble for the Russian economy ahead: It just significantly raised its inflation forecast, despite Putin saying price hikes are hurting businesses

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.

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Vladimir Putin says that inflation in Russia is making it 'practically impossible' for businesses to plan

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