Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia over its election weekend

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Ukraine launched several drone strikes on Russia over its election weekend. Skeptics believe the election was a sham with no real opposing candidates, resulting in Vladimir Putin's landslide win.

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Vladimir Putin just got reelected as Russia's president in a win that surprised no one.

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A Russian district called an election recount after someone else got more votes than Putin, reports say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2nd left, speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 18, 2024, together with candidates who ran in the Russian presidential elections, Leonid Slutsky, left, Vladislav Davankov, right, and Nikolai Kharitonov, 2nd right.
Russian President Vladimir Putin together with candidate Nikolai Kharit

Putin wasted no time buttering up China after his election victory

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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping talking.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in October.

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Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on Russia as voting for Putin was underway

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a dark suit and red tie, holds a clenched fist up against a blue background with writing advertising Russia's election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after polling stations closed in Moscow, Russia.

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Ukrainians in occupied territory were rounded up at gunpoint to vote in Putin's election, reports say

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In this image taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, an armed Russian serviceman casts his ballot at an improvised pooling station during early voting in the Russian presidential elections in a Russian-controlled region in eastern Ukraine.
A Russian serviceman casts his ballot during early voting in the Russian presidential elections in a Russian-controlled region in eastern Ukraine, March

Putin said Trump wasn't happy with him in 2020 because he thought the Russian leader wanted 'Sleepy Joe to win'

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President Joe Biden (left), Russian leader Vladimir Putin (center), and former President Donald Trump (right).
Russian leader Vladimir Putin (center) said last month that he'd prefer President Joe Biden (left) to win the 2024 presidential race instead of former President Donald Trump (right).

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Moscow's ties to Beijing are paying off as Russian firms flourish amid lucrative deals with China

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 24, 2023.

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Russia is eyeing big tax hikes after this month's election to pay for the war in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a suit
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the new residential building of the presidential lyceum at the Sirius Park of Science and Art outside Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

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Some Russians are resisting the state's 'all-pervasive' crackdown on war dissidents – and paying for it

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A man looks on next to a giant national flag of Russia in Moscow, Russia June 26, 2023.
A man looks on next to a giant national flag of Russia in Moscow, Russia.

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