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☆ Russia is spending millions to create a new generation of militant Putin clones
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFor years, Russia's youth has been fed hardline nationalistic ideology as the Kremlin has sought to engineer a new generation of Putin clones. AdvertisementState-run youth groups have also dramatically increased in size since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The group's head said it had opened around 40,000 offices across Russia as of December 2023, per Russia's state-run TASS news agency. DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP via Getty ImagesThe various Academics fraternity cells are largely similar in style, though some display more extreme behavior than others. It's all part of "a much bigger campaign to target the next generation of Russian youth."

Persons: —, Putin, Sergei Novikov, Vladimir Putin, Ian Garner, Garner, Mikhail Komin, frat, Nikita Izyumov, Konstantin Malofeyev, Izyumov, Komin, DMITRY KOSTYUKOV, David Lewis, Izymov, Lewis, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Young Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Business, RBC, Russia, European Council, Foreign Relations, Fraternity, West, Academics, Getty, University of Exeter, Ministry of Defence, UK's MoD, Fraternity of Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Rome, Moscow, Constantinople, AFP, Chelyabinsk

☆ Turkey's Erdogan wants to play both sides in the Ukraine war. Putin isn't having it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Turkey's pro-Western tilt and Ukraine support have strained the Erdoğan-Putin relationship. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTurkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan has long been eyeing the role of peacemaker in Russia's war with Ukraine. Erdoğan most recently pursued this ambition again on Wednesday when he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ankara could help end the war, Reuters reported, citing the Turkish presidency. The two leaders were speaking on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan, which Putin is attending in person.

Persons: Erdoğan, Putin, —, Tayyip Erdoğan, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Kremlin, Service, Reuters, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Erdoğan, Ankara, Kazakhstan

☆ If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lithuania, which borders Russia, says Russia could attack other countries if not stopped in Ukraine. Its prime minister told BI that if Putin is not stopped "whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWhatever Russia does next will be a problem for the whole of Europe unless it's defeated in Ukraine, Lithuania's prime minister told Business Insider. "If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, then whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large," she said.

Persons: Putin, —, it's, Ingrida Šimonytė Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Europe

☆ More trouble for the Russian economy ahead: It just significantly raised its inflation forecast, despite Putin saying price hikes are hurting businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's economy ministry has raised the country's 2023 inflation forecast from 5.3% to 7.5%, per TASS. Russia's economy and the ruble's value have been hit by the war in Ukraine, driving up inflation. Russian President Putin said on Tuesday high inflation is making it "practically impossible" for businesses to make plans. Russian inflation accelerated 5.15% year-over-year in August, well above the central bank's 4% annual inflation target. Analysts polled by Reuters are largely expecting Russia's central bank to hike rates again later this week to support the ruble and tame inflation.

Persons: Putin, Vladimir Putin isn't Organizations: Service, TASS, Ukraine, Moscow, Eastern Economic, Reuters, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Vladivostok

☆ Putin can't attend the BRICS summit for fear of arrest, but he couldn't pass up taking potshots against the West and the US dollar via tape
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Putin railed against Western sanctions and touted de-dollarization at the BRICS summit. Putin said the BRICS bloc represents the "global majority" and is an alternative to the Western order. On Tuesday, Putin slammed Western sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war in a 17-minute prerecorded speech broadcasted at the summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 40 countries have already expressed interest in joining the BRICS bloc as an alternative to Western-led international groupings. The BRICS bloc is home to 40% of the world's population and a quarter of global GDP.

Persons: Putin, Vladimir Putin, —, Putin isn't, Putin —, It's Organizations: Service, West, Russia, Associated, Criminal, Reuters Locations: Wall, Silicon, South Africa, Ukraine, Johannesburg, Brazil, Russia, India, China

☆ Russia and China's trade relationship has become increasingly lopsided
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Yale data shared with Insider illustrate that China is now Russia's largest import and export partner. Thousands of companies have pulled out of Russia in the last year and that's made Moscow increasingly reliant on Beijing. Yale figures shared with Insider shows that China is now Russia's largest import and export partner by a big margin, but the relationship is heavily lopsided. By comparison, Russia is the 11th largest importer of Chinese goods, with the US, Hong Kong, and Japan taking in far more as China's three biggest trade partners. China and Russia have an asymmetric trade relationship.

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☆ Russia's top general appears for the first time since Wagner's mutiny as Putin tries to squash rumours he's caved into Prigozhin demands
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's an apparent show that Vladimir Putin isn't giving in to demands he be replaced. Prigozhin agreed to call off the mutiny when he brokered a deal with the Kremlin and went into exile in Belarus. But the video released Monday appears to be a public show of support by the Kremlin for Gerasimov. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed deep rifts between key figures close to Putin. Before the mutiny, Prigozhin had accused military chiefs of failing to support his fighters, and of launching the invasion on false pretexts.

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☆ Putin is scared of punishing Prigozhin in case the Wagner chief turns against him, says ex-Kremlin official
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speculation is circulating about why Putin isn't punishing Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin is increasingly brazen in his criticism of Russian military leaders. Putin needs the support of nationalist hardliners like Prigozhin. The Wagner chief's attacks have prompted speculation he may even be planning a coup against Putin. In comments to The Washington Post, Abbas Gallyamov, a political analyst and former Kremlin speechwriter, said that Putin couldn't afford to alienate hardline nationalists such as Prigozhin.

Persons: Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, —, Vladimir Putin, who've, Abbas Gallyamov, Gallyamov, Putin hasn't Organizations: Service, Wagner Group, Kremlin, Washington Post, Reuters, Ukraine, Russian Interior Ministry Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Revealed: Vladimir Putin's secret Black Sea bunker
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | Anastasiia Carrier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

You would think that the architects who designed Vladimir Putin's palace thought of everything. They failed to hide plans showing two elaborate tunnels running beneath the palace complex — plans that any competent state-security apparatus would fight tooth-and-nail to keep secret. The underground complex beneath Putin's palace consists of two separate tunnels connected by an elevator that descends roughly 50 meters below the surface. Gelendzhik is the town closest to the palace complex, a five-hour drive from the resort city of Sochi. "With the war in Ukraine," Kimmage said, "there's speechmaking, there's propaganda, there's exaggeration — there's this performative aspect that plays to Russia's domestic politics.

☆ Putin isn't 'particularly worried' about the costs imposed on his military, professor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPutin isn't 'particularly worried' about the costs imposed on his military, professor saysSamuel Greene, professor of Russian politics at King's College London, says Russia's economy is one that has been "saving for a rainy day."

☆ Disdain and defiance among Kyiv residents after Putin order
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes an address on the conflict with Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia, in this still image taken from video released September 21, 2022. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"I still believe Putin isn't insane, there is some rationality in him. 'EMPTY WORDS'There was strong support among Kyiv residents for Ukraine's own armed forces, who helped by Western arms have been battling Russia's much bigger military for nearly seven months on several fronts and recaptured swathes of land in recent weeks. "I think we have to trust our armed forces and no one else. I believe in Ukraine's armed forces and hope that nothing bad will happen and that we will be defended.

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