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  • Putin, ahead of election, says opposition would destabilise Russia

    12/14/2017 5:14:34 AM PST · by NorseViking · 3 replies
    MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that some of his opponents would destabilise Russia and usher in chaos if they were elected in a presidential election next year, but promised genuine political competition. Putin, who is running for re-election in March, was answering a question at his annual news conference about opposition leader Alexei Navalny who looks unlikely to be allowed to contest the election due to what Navalny says is a trumped up criminal case. The question was put to him to Ksenia Sobchak, a television personality who has said she plans to run...
  • Russian presidential hopeful says Crimea belongs to Ukraine

    10/26/2017 11:00:54 PM PDT · by topher · 16 replies
    Yahoo/AP ^ | 24-Oct-2017 | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
    MOSCOW (AP) — A 35-year-old Russian celebrity TV host who aspires to run for president in next March's election said Tuesday that Crimea belongs to Ukraine despite its 2014 annexation by Moscow — a bold statement that has drawn angry responses from Russian officials and lawmakers. Ksenia Sobchak also emphasized her critical stance by issuing a call for the release of the nation's political prisoners and denouncing official corruption at her first news conference since declaring her presidential ambitions.