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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Putin's big message on International Women's Day: Your job is to make babies

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting from Sochi, Russia, on March 6, 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday.

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Russia says its democracy is the best in the world, days after Putin's only real political rival died in prison

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forum of Future Technologies in Moscow on February 14, 2024 .

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The US mocked Russia for its motley cast of allies in Ukraine. It's not laughing any more.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023 in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023, in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.

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Secret military files reveal when Russia would consider using nuclear weapons, including the destruction of 20% of its ballistic missile submarines: FT

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Russian nuclear missile rolls along Red Square during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian nuclear missile rolls along Red Square during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia.

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An ex-KGB agent says every American that Putin can imprison is 'an asset that you can trade' as Moscow detains a US ballerina

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) while taking part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Tomb, marking the Defender of the Fatherland's Day, on February 23, 2024, in Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) while taking part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Tomb, marking the Defender of the Fatherland's Day, o

Ex-CIA Russia chief said Putin's belief that the US would lose its nerve and stop helping Ukraine is being proven right

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi on October 5, 2023

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Russia returns Navalny's body after his widow accused Putin of 'torturing' the political dissident's corpse

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Alexey Navalny
Alexey Navalny died suddenly on February 16 in a Russian Artic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence.

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Zelenskyy said he didn't have time to watch more than 2 hours of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin

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Tucker Carlson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he didn't bother tuning into Tucker Carlson's two-hour interview with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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