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Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, having served since 1999 with a brief interlude as Prime Minister. A former KGB officer, he's known for his authoritarian leadership style and significant influence on global politics.
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With the rise of "time travellers" claiming that they have been forwards in time and revealing what that holds, it seems like the future is looking pretty bleak for all of us. Trump will win the next election, there will be WWIII and Los Angeles will be submerged in water.…
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There are certain Russian politicians out there who have a habit of insisting that their agendas don't persecute homosexual people in the slightest, while their actions suggest otherwise. Take President Vladimir Putin, for example. The current President of the Russian Federation has constantly denied that the laws he signs off place…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has consistently denied that his country persecutes homosexual people: "I want everyone to understand that in Russia there are no infringements on sexual minorities' rights," he stated one such time. "They're people, just like everyone else, and they enjoy full rights and freedoms." But, unfortunately for…
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Donald Trump electoral victory in 2016 was a bittersweet affair for the Republican party. On the one hard it was a momentous achievement: here was a candidate which the media, the Democrats and the mainstream Republicans all dismissed as a flash-in-the-pan publicity whore, and they did everything in their power…
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All 71 passengers aboard a Saratov Airlines plane flying from Moscow to Orsk have died following a crash, Russian state news agency Tass reports. The plane came down near the village of Argunovo, about 80km (50 miles) south-east of Moscow on Sunday, around midday local time. Those on board included 65…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been roundly criticised by western powers for many years, and numerous human rights activists have expressed their dismay at his draconian policies, particularly when it comes to the Russian government's extremely bigoted and prejudicial treatment of LGBT+ people. Since the very beginning of the Putin…
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On 21 February 2012, a protest punk rock group stormed into Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ Our Saviour and sang a “punk prayer”. Stood at the altar of a Russian Orthodox church, with clergymen and security guards desperately trying to remove them, they sang lyrics like “Mother Mary, please drive Putin…
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If you're planning on getting married next spring, cancel your wedding. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding is the only one that matters. We can't get enough of the new royal couple. Women are asking plastic surgeons for "Meghan Markle noses". A forensic artist created images of what their children will…
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If you're at all familiar with Russia, you'll probably know how much of a fondness they have for Vladimir Putin. Currently in his 13th year of presidency, the Russian statesman and ex-KGB member enjoys a fairly good approval rating from his citizens - even if he has introduced some rather…
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President Trump's back from his big trip to Asia, and boy, was it exciting! In Japan, Donald asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe why "samurai warriors" didn't "shoot down" North Korea's missiles. In South Korea, Donald trolled North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Twitter, posting childish insults like a 70-year-old Eric…
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It's well known that plenty of the rich and famous try to find different ways to avoid paying as much tax as they should be. Despite their privileged position in society, plenty of the super-rich don't want to pay their way and prefer to put their money in offshore accounts…
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Over the last year or so, politics has got a little bit... odd. Britain decided it didn't want to be part of the EU anymore (but still hasn't properly left yet), Australia is currently deciding one of its most important human rights issues in history via a postal vote, and…
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At the tail-end of 2016, a snow-swept America dealing with the victory of Donald Trump was consumed by two hysterias. One, the threat of Russia having stolen the election from Hillary Clinton, compelled a great terror that Trump was a foreign plant at the worst, and a collaborator with Vladimir…
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Steven Seagal has wormed his way back into the headlines recently, and for some very bizarre reasons. The actor, who is is famous for films such as Under Siege and Above The Law, accepted Russian citizenship last year, and his peculiar friendship with Vladimir Putin has been well documented. However,…
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For those of you who don't know, 65-year-old American actor Steven Seagal is an action movie star trained in the martial arts of Aikido, Karate, Judo, Kendo and Shitō-ryū. His career peaked in the 90's with films like Under Siege, Hard to Kill and Above the Law, where he pulled…
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The relationship between Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg likely drove thousands of voters to Donald Trump. The notion of establishment politics and Silicon Valley uniting in favor of internet censorship makes even the Leviathan itself look like no big deal. In the 21st century, the control of information is everything.…
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The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has only continued to become more of a divisive figure. In the last two months alone, he has announced that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals serving "in any capacity" in the US military, while also failing to condone…
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It's been an incredibly strange year between the US and Russia, to say the least. Russian oligarchs seem to have some strange web of ties with US oligarchs, including Donald Trump, though no clarity or finality has been brought to these theories. It remains unproven conjecture that Russia swayed the…
