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Outspoken Putin Critic Gets 5 Years

Protester Alexei Navalny says evidence was faked

(Newser) - A leader of Russia's protest movement has been found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison for financial theft from a state-run timber firm. Alexsei Navalny is known for using the Internet to attack corruption and the "swindlers and thieves" of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party,...

Putin on Fate of Snowden: 'How Should I Know?'

But he suggests NSA leaker might accept Moscow's rules

(Newser) - Edward Snowden will be leaving Russia ... just as soon as he can, Vladimir Putin said today. Russia will offer the NSA leaker political asylum only if he agrees to stop "harming" the US with his activities , and Putin discussed the possibility of Snowden agreeing to that condition today. Some...

Snowden to Meet With Activists at Airport
 Snowden Seeks 
 Asylum in Russia: Report 
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Jul 12, 2013 9:44 AM CDT

Snowden Seeks Asylum in Russia: Report

At least for now, he says in meeting with Human Rights Watch

(Newser) - Edward Snowden will seek political asylum in Russia, at least temporarily, he told human rights groups in a meeting today at Sheremetyevo International Airport. The news comes via New York Times reporter Ellen Barry , who cites a Human Rights Watch researcher at the meeting. Snowden say he's fine with...

Russia Convicts a Dead Guy
 Russia Convicts a Dead Guy 
Jul 11, 2013 7:42 AM CDT

Russia Convicts a Dead Guy

Lawyer who died in police custody guilty of tax evasion

(Newser) - The first dead man tried in Russia has been convicted of tax evasion in a move the Telegraph says will do further damage to Vladimir Putin. Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in police custody in 2009, testified before his arrest that state officials tried to claim $230 million in...

Putin: Snowden Can Stay If...

...he stops 'harming our US partners'

(Newser) - Forget Ecuador ; Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden can stay in Russia if he's so inclined—on one condition. "If he wants to remain here he must stop his work aimed at damaging our American partners," he said at a news conference, according to RT . "As odd...

Putin: Snowden a Free Man, We Won't Extradite

NSA leaker is in transit area of Moscow airport

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin took time out from his visit to Finland today to confirm what everyone pretty much already knew: NSA leaker Edward Snowden is in the Moscow airport, but he's still in the transit zone and has not crossed the Russian border. He's free to go wherever he...

Obama, Putin Tussle Over Syria ... and G8 Gym

Obama calls dibs, so Putin swims in lake

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin had a reportedly tense 2-hour meeting at the G8 summit today. The two leaders butted heads over the conflict in Syria, the Washington Post reports. "Our opinions do not coincide," said Putin. "But all of us have the intention to stop the...

4 Reasons Why You Should Care About the G8

7-1 split on Syria looms large as summit opens

(Newser) - It's OK, you can admit it: The G8 summit begins in Northern Ireland today and you didn't exactly wake up with thoughts of "it's G8 week!" (Our first thought: Rain again?) But the two-day summit in Northern Island is worth a few moments of your...

Putin: 'Stolen' Super Bowl Ring Was a Gift, OK?

Do not make him repeat it, either.

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin may be newly single (or not!) , but CNN reports that he's taking exception to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's assertion that he's got sticky fingers . The Russian president today denied pilfering Kraft's Super Bowl ring during his 2005 visit to St. Petersburg,...

Putin Stole My Super Bowl Ring: Patriots Owner

Says White House told him to say it was a gift

(Newser) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says Vladimir Putin pilfered his Super Bowl ring. In a speech at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence gala, he recounted a meeting with the Russian president in 2005, the year the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles: "I took out the ring and...

Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing
 Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing 
Jun 6, 2013 1:57 PM CDT

Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing

Lyudmila Putin calls it 'a civilized divorce'

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila were recently seen in public together for the first time since May 2012, at a ballet performance ... and shortly thereafter they very cheerfully announced on Russian television that they'll be divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage. "You could say this is a...

Japan, Russia Move to ... End WWII

Putin, Abe say it's time to finally settle Kuril Islands dispute

(Newser) - Japan and Russia have decided to have another stab at forging a peace treaty that will bring World War II to an official end. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin yesterday, and the first top-level summit between the countries in about a decade...

Putin: Boston Bombers 'Proved Our Position'

Terrorists, like Tsarnaev brothers, deserve harsh measures, says Putin

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has made his first public comments on the Boston bombings, and wasted no time in identifying what he sees as a double standard: "I was always appalled when our Western partners and the Western media called the terrorist who did bloody crimes in our country 'insurgents,...

Russia to Pump $52B Into Space Industry

And may create new space ministry

(Newser) - Russia is getting (even more) serious about space exploration. Vladimir Putin today announced a plan to pump roughly $52 billion into the country's space industry, and floated the idea of creating a special "space ministry," Russia Today reports. "Russia should preserve its status of the leading...

Finland to Putin: Sorry We Put You on Criminal Blacklist

It was a mistake, says a police spokesman

(Newser) - It's not your usual diplomatic nicety: Finland had to apologize to Vladimir Putin today after a Finnish TV station reported that the Russian president had turned up on the nation's secret criminal blacklist. Government officials say they're trying to figure out how Putin's name got there,...

Putin Gives Himself More Power

New law lets him select governors

(Newser) - In 2004, Vladimir Putin dumped the popular election of regional governors; last year, he restated them under the weight of protests that greeted his third term. As of today, those elections may once again be scrapped, per a law signed by Putin. As Reuters reports, Russia's 83 local legislatures...

Putin Orders War Games in Black Sea

Military exercises could make Georgia, Ukraine uneasy

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin ordered surprise military exercises in the Black Sea today, in a move that could make neighboring Ukraine and Georgia a little uneasy, Reuters reports. Thirty-six warships and an unspecified number of warplanes will take part in the previously unannounced exercises, a Putin spokesman said. "The main goal...

Steven Seagal, Putin Latest Bizarre BFFs

Action star helping Russian prez promote physical fitness plan

(Newser) - How convenient: New BFFs Kim Jong Un and Dennis Rodman are probably looking for another pair to vacation with , and now they have one ... because Vladimir Putin and Steven Seagal have a similar world leader-washed-up celebrity friendship going on. Putin wants to reinstate a Stalin-era national physical fitness program, and...

Russia Gets Tough New Smoking Law

No more lighting up in bars, offices, playgrounds

(Newser) - Life is about to get tougher for smokers in a country with one of the world's highest rates of tobacco use. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed tough new anti-smoking measures into law, banning smoking in workplaces, restaurants, long-distance trains, and other public places like beaches and playgrounds, the...

Rumor Mill: Putin Has Love Child No. 2

Daughter with Alina Kabaeva said to have been born in November

(Newser) - Today in the Wacky World of Vladimir Putin , the Russian president is now rumored to have a second love child with former Olympian Alina Kabaeva. Putin has long been linked to the 29-year-old rhythmic gymnast, and the two were already believed to have a 3-year-old son together. The new child,...

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