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Confident Putin faces press and Russian people
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin on Thursday will hold his first year-end press conference since sending troops into Ukraine, with the Russian president feeling the tide turning in his favour nearly two years into the conflict.
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Pro-Kremlin maestro Gergiev named head of Bolshoi Theatre
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia's government on Friday appointed controversial maestro Valery Gergiev, who is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.
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Russia bans 'international LGBT movement' for 'extremism'
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values.
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Pakistan to open holding centres ahead of Afghan deportations
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani authorities on Wednesday were set to open a series of centres across the country to begin processing hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans ahead of mass deportations.
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'Without hope': crackdown rattles Afghans in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» KARACHI - The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida's nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan.
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Russia brands Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov a 'foreign agent'
AFP, Published on 02/09/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Friday added respected journalist and Nobel Prize co-recipient Dmitry Muratov to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics.
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Uzbekistan president set to cement rule as voting ends
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» TASHKENT - Uzbekistan held a presidential election on Sunday that looked set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the gas-rich Central Asian state.
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Uzbeks see little chance for change in looming election
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» TASHKENT - In the streets of Tashkent, there is little doubt as to who will win Sunday's presidential election in Uzbekistan.
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Russia's Navalny faces decades in prison in new trial
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» MOSCOW - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is set to go on trial on Monday on charges of "extremism" that could keep him behind bars for decades.
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Russia blames US, Ukraine, for attack on pro-Kremlin writer
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Saturday blamed the US for an attack on a pro-Kremlin writer that killed his assistant and left him wounded.
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