Putin is giving cash to Russians fleeing Ukraine's surprise attack — but only $115

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President Vladimir Putin, left, sits at a desk, facing a screen for a video call with acting Kursk governor Alekey Smirnov as they discuss the Ukrainian incursion there, in a picture published by the Kremlin on August 8, 2024.
President Vladimir Putin discussing the unexpected incursion of Ukraine into the Kursk region in August, 2024.

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Kursk residents recorded a video for Putin, saying Russia's military chiefs are lying that Ukraine's attack is 'under control'

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Putin sits at a desk in the Kremlin while on a remote call with officials from Kursk.
Officials say Russian leader Vladimir Putin, pictured here attending a remote meeting from Moscow, has been personally overseeing the response to Ukraine's attack in Kursk.

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Ukrainian troops were seen pushing 6 miles into Russian territory, and the Kremlin can't decide if it's a 'large-scale provocation' or 'under control'

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Rural houses are damaged by shelling and fighting in Kursk.
Kursk's acting governor, Alexey Smirnov, posted photos of towns in the region damaged by the fighting after Ukraine launched a rare incursion past the border.

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The US tried to secure Alexey Navalny's release in a historic prisoner swap with Russia before his death

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Alexei Navalny
US officials said they sought to secure Alexey Navalny's release before his death.

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India and China joined Russia's Navy Day celebrations as Putin tries to project anti-Western group

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President Vladimir Putin stands in front of a microphone on the deck of a small boat during Russia's Navy Day celebrations on July 28, 2024, with both a modern and wooden warship visible in the water beyond him. This is a handout image.
President Vladimir Putin used some of his speech during Russia's Navy Day parade to lambast the US for plans to locate weapons in Germany.

Putin's favorite European leader is being shunned and shammed by his peers

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Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin
Hungary's leader Viktor Orbán has been shunned over his close ties to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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A top JP Morgan strategist predicted in January that Biden would drop out. Here's what else was in that analyst's list of top 10 'surprises' to look out for in 2024.

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Elon Musk speaking during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; President Joe Biden speaking at the 115th NAACP National Convention; Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to the All-Russian Exhibition Center.
Besides predicting President Joe Biden would drop out, JPMorgan Asset Management strategist Michael Cembalest also expected consumer backlash against self-driving vehicles and that Russia's war on Ukraine will drag on for

The Kremlin is pushing a MAGA talking point that Biden's administration is to blame for the Trump assassination attempt

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Grand Kremlin Palace after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Former President Donald Trump being rushed offstage after a failed assassination attempt; President Joe Biden speaking during a press conference following NATO summit.
"It is the atmosphere that has been created by this administration during the political struggle, the atmosphere around the candidate Trump, prompted what America is

Russia's brutal missile strike on a Ukrainian children's hospital just before the big NATO summit appears to be backfiring

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A woman comforts another crying woman as a child with a bandage on her face looks on between them
A woman reacts as people shelter in the basement of the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital following a Russian missile strike on one of its buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 8, 2024.

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Russia's UN ambassador shoots down Trump's claim he could end the fighting in Ukraine in a day

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Donald Trump (left) and Vladimir Putin (right).
Donald Trump (left) and Vladimir Putin (right).

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