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President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party will hold its congress Saturday ahead of September parliamentary elections that come amid a sweeping crackdown on the beleaguered opposition. The gathering, which will determine the ruling party’s candidates and electoral programme for the lower house of parliament vote, comes after authorities took drastic…

This article originally appeared on AlterNet. During President Joe Biden's trip to Europe, it has been obvious how greatly he differs from former President Donald Trump in terms of foreign policy. While Trump was favorable to Putin and openly hostile to the United States' long-time NATO allies, Biden has stressed…

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The much-anticipated culmination of a new president’s first foreign trip has, more than anything, cemented a changing of the guard. For nearly a half a decade, a narrative was pounded home. Donald Trump, accidental president, was the result of choreography from the high command in Moscow, which somehow understood the…

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Did Joe Biden finally exorcise the ghost of Helsinki? “I did what I came to do,” he declared on Wednesday, at the end of an afternoon summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters in brilliant sunshine outside an eighteenth-century villa in Geneva, where the two had concluded several…

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's longtime affection for gold-rimmed aviator Ray-Bans was on display this week when he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a custom pair of aviators, according to a White House official. That's not the only gift Biden offered his Russian counterpart. Putin also received a crystal sculpture of an American bison.…

Russian president Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden, right, during the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva on June 16, 2021. Peter Klaunzer/The Associated Press A summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended with only an incremental thawing of relations, and both leaders sticking…

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin both emerged from more than three hours of direct talks declaring their first meeting a success, despite making little tangible progress toward immediately improving the strained relationship between Washington and Moscow. Noting the “hype” around the summit, Biden said his aim was “straightforward”…

President Biden agrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin on at least one thing: Relations between their two nations are currently at a very low ebb. Both said as much in interviews leading up to Wednesday’s meeting in Geneva, which comes amid tensions over myriad issues, including a spate of cyberattacks…