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Putin congratulates Kirsty Coventry on IOC election

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her election as International Olympic Committee president on Thursday, saying her "unique experience" will ensure the movement's advancement.Putin, in a message p…

Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:12hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter

President Putin hits out at wannabe Napoleons

Some people still "can't get over" Napoleon's defeat by Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said. He made the comments after French President Emmanuel Macron called Moscow a threat to his country.In a televised address on Wednesday, Macro…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:35hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter

Trump is 'not safe' says Putin

Vladimir Putin has said he does not believe US President-elect Donald Trump, who survived several assassination attempts during his run for the White House, is safe.The Russian president made the remarks on Thursday at a press conference i…

Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 18:24hrs | 3028 | by The Herald

Humanity is moving away from hegemony towards multipolarity

The world needs Russia and there is nothing Washington or Brussels can do about it, President Vladimir Putin told the Valdai Forum on Thursday. America and its allies are simply trying to go against the march of history as they pursue thei…

Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:41hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter

Putin calls for the creation of a BRICS grain exchange

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is calling for the creation of a BRICS grain exchange.The Russian leader said this during the second day of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.The grain exchange would later be expanded to trade other …

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:53hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter

Dumping US dollar 'keeps politics out of economic development'

Boosting trade settlements in national currencies between members of the BRICS group is a strategic necessity, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that a shift from the US dollar would strengthen financial independence and re…

Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:55hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter

Putin's arrest failed

Since March 17, 2023, Vladimir Putin has been under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. The Russian president is allegedly responsible for war crimes in Ukraine and specifically for the deportation of children from occ…

Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 16:48hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter

US scoffs at Mnangagwa

The United States government has dismissed Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's accusations of establishing a military base in Zambia as "false." Mnangagwa had recently expressed concerns to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Zambi…

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Transcript of 'Russia-Zimbabwe talks' between Putin and Mnangagwa

The penchant for frivolous bluster in Zimbabwe's public discourse has once again reared its ugly trappings after the widespread circulation on social media platforms of a 2.42-minutes video clip posted on an obscure if not dubious YouTube …

Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:37hrs | 34 | by Jonathan Moyo

Mnangagwa offers hyenas to Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emerson Mnangagwa shared a laugh during a tense debate on nuclear diplomacy on Friday, as they discussed how to deal with the real and metaphorical "hyenas" threatening their …

Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Biden calls Putin a 'crazy son of a b***h'

The President of the United States, Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as "crazy son of a bitch" during a fundraising event held this Wednesday, 21st, in California. "We have a crazy son of a bitch like Putin, and ot…

Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 16:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Putin, Abbas congratulate Mnangagwa

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, have congratulated President Mnangagwa for winning last week's presidential election.President Mnangagwa won the presidential election with 2 350 711 v…

Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Vladimir Putin - the global game changer

Over the past week, a lot has occurred in the world around us. The Zimbabwean elections, the Brics summit in South Africa, the passing on of Yevgeny Prigozhin head of Russia's private mercenary company Wagner Group, the indictment of forme…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Malema urges BRICS leaders to boycott upcoming summit in solidarity with Putin

EFF leader Julius Malema has urged prime ministers from the BRICS nations not to attend the upcoming summit in South Africa in solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Malema was addressing a packed FNB Stadium as the party celebra…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:54hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says he stands in solidarity with Putin over Ukraine war

Zimbabwe stands in solidarity with Russia as it wages war on Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.In comments that will anger western countries and likely prolong Zimbabwe's i…

Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:12hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Putin offers 50,000 tonne free grain to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that his country was food-secure but was grateful for an offer of free grain from Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg."We are grateful," Mnang…

Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Not yet uhuru in Mzansi, for sure

So, as shown by yesterday's consent order from the High Court in Pretoria, pushed by the racist opposition DA, the South African government on 29 June 2023 had a letter signed by its Director General, Justice and Constitutional Development…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo

Ramaphosa agrees he will arrest Putin if he ever sets foot in SA

The Cyril Ramaphosa led South African government has agreed to execute the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin if he ever sets foot in the country.The DA went to the Gauteng High Court…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Putin and the Wagner mutiny

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a 4,000 strong armed column of Wagner fighters marchi…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 16 | by Ian Beddowes

South African Defence Force will not arrest Putin

The South African Defence Force says it will not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he comes here for the BRICS Summit.The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Putin, accusing him of war crimes in Ukraine…

Published: 30 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

South Africa grants immunity to Putin

The South African has gazetted International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor's notice for the Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to be granted to all international officials at BRICS-related events in South Africa.Clay…

Published: 30 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Ukraine wants to kill Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Ukraine's kill list, the deputy chief of the country's intelligence agency has revealed. Vadim Skibitsky added that his subordinates are also hunting down top Russian military commanders.Speaking to G…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:27hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

ANC wants South Africa to withdraw ICC membership

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the ANC has again decided South Africa must withdraw its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC)."The governing party, the ANC, has taken the decision that it is prudent that South Afric…

Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Moscow opens criminal case over Putin warrant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and judges who issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin have become the targets of a criminal case, Russia's Investigative Committee announced on Monday.In a Telegram p…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Meaningless ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.The court said in a statement that P…

Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:14hrs | 3 | by AP

'West deceived poor nations with Ukraine grain export deal'

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukraine and its western allies of sending most of the grain from its reopened Black Sea ports to Europe instead of poorer, food insecure countries.Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 a…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Biden hopes to topple Putin

Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "butcher" who "cannot remain in power" during a visit to Poland, where he met Ukrainian refugees displaced by the fighting in their country.Biden's c…

Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

81% of wars between 1945 and 2001 were launched by the US

The Chinese Embassy in Russia has shared a list of US bombings and invasions since World War 2Chinese diplomats have published a list of US military adventures in recent decades, arguing that Washington was the "real threat" to the world, …

Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

We're defending ourselves from threats

CITIZENS of Russia, friends, I will begin with what I said in my address on February 21, 2022. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries, and about the fundamental threats which irresponsible Western politicians created for Russia con…

Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by President Vladimir Putin

Zuma meets Putin

Vladimir Putin met with President of the South African Republic on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. BENAULIM - The two heads of state discussed trade and economic ties, cooperation in nuclear energy, and investor protection. During the m…

Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by APO

Barack Obama rejects Putin's claim

Washington - President Barack Obama rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Syrian rebels were responsible for a 21 August chemical gas attack but, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, he welcomed Putin's diplomatic role in …

Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Russia's rise: Putin's peculiar partners, 'SA defending thugs like Mugabe'

For all his innovative repression at home, Russian "czar" Vladimir Putin's most remarkable achievement may be getting an influential group of emerging powers to adopt Moscow's amoral worldview.These countries, known as BRICS, are historica…

Published: 30 Sep 2011 at 04:00hrs | 4 | by Benny Avni

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