# NuseReal
Putin Watch
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2024
Elon Musk's conversations with Putin raise concerns over tech, diplomacy, and national security: In one instance, Putin asked Musk not to activate Starlink in Taiwan. — 26 October 2024 (LINK)
Putin and Switzerland — 7 September 2024 (LINK)
Russian court convicts former ballet dancer to 12 years in prison over €46 donation to Ukraine — 15 August 2024 (LINK)
Russia agrees to free Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in multi-country prisoner swap — 1 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 189 media reports (LINK)
Putin inaugurated for record fifth term, prolonging his more than two decades in power — ground.news: 162 media reports — 7 May 2024 (LINK)
A surprise arrest and a corruption scandal hint at splits in Putin's inner circle — NBC — 1 May 2024 (LINK)
heathercoxrichardson: Russia's disinformation campaigns — substack — 29 March 2024 (LINK)
Vladimir Putin claims landslide Russian election victory — The Guardian UK ● — 17 March 2024 (LINK)
— Russian president uses victory speech to say war in Ukraine and strengthening military will be his main tasks
2023
Putin opponents exiled in Europe allege they were poisoned — Newsweek — 16 August 2023 (LINK)
Navalny admonishes 'corrupt' Russian elite after being handed 19 more years in jail — reuters/yahoo — 11 August 2023 (LINK)
Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for a further 19 years over 'extremism' on top of 9year term — ground.news: media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)
Putin signs law banning gender reassignment surgery — ground.news: 76 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)
Russian inflation is raging at 60%, not the reported 3.6%, thanks to the ruble's 'freefall', top economist Steve Hanke says — /markets.businessinsider.com — 24 July 2023 (LINK)
Vladimir Putin accuses West of wanting Russians 'to kill each other' in mutiny: Putin said he had granted amnesty to the Wagner fighters whose mutiny served up the greatest challenge yet to his two-decade rule: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin defended his aborted mutiny as a bid to save his mercenary outfit and expose the failures of Russia's military leadership — but not to challenge the Kremlin. — ground.news: 34 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)
Putin calls rebellion 'criminal activity,' says organizers will face justice — ground.news: 97 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)
Top US diplomat says Wagner mutiny shows 'real cracks' in Putin's government; whereabouts of Russian president and Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remain unknown
Prigozhin posts first message since mutiny, says 'march not aimed at overthrowing government' — ground.news: 23 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)
17 June 2023: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin's secret palace — jpost — 19 April 2023 (LINK)
The Russian ruble is at its lowest level in a year on speculation Shell is going to repatriate $1 billion of recent earnings — Business Insider — 6 April 2023 (LINK)
Four bankers at Gazprombank who helped Putin's friend concert cellist Sergey Roldugin set up Swiss bank account convicted and given suspended sentences plus fines totalling $809,000. — ground.news: 63 sources — 30 March 2023 (LINK)
— Judge Sebastian Aeppli said it was not possible to establish the real owner of the funds, but the bankers had failed in their duty to conduct due diligence and check. "It has been proven without doubt that Roldugin cannot be the beneficial owner," Aeppli said.The bank eventually closed the accounts in September 2016.
Putin Uses Shady Fund to Buy His Lover Apartments — thedailybeast — 28 February 2023 (LINK)
Fact-Checking Putin's Unhinged, Lie-Filled Speech — medium.com/ — 22 February 2023 (LINK)
Russia Exits From Council Of Europe And Western Dominated Organizations – OpEd — source — 19 February 2023 (LINK)
Russian diplomats ordered out of the Netherlands — ground.news: 53 sources — 18 February 2023 (LINK)
White House: Wagner Group has suffered over 30,000 casualties in Ukraine — reuters / jpost — 17 February 2023 (LINK)
Picture sparks more conspiracy theories about Putin 'body double' — yahoo — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin Will 'Lose His Life' If He Loses The War: Why Palantir Chief Says War Not Likely To End In Ukraine — benzinga.com — 17 January 2023 (LINK)
Europe's warm winter is robbing Putin of a trump card — CNN — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
'All fighting for their motherland': Russia denies tensions between army and Wagner force — afp /firstpost.com — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Moscow Appoints 'Top Tankman' As Ukraine War Commander As Russian T-90 Braces For Clash With European Tanks — eurasiantimes — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin's Biggest Fear: The Ukraine War Could Start a Civil War in Russia — 19fortyfive.com — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia Can't Take Key Ukrainian Region 'Quickly,' Occupation Leader Admits — Newsweek — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
More Concerned With Political Than Military Risks, Putin Likely To Intensify His Attack On Ukraine — OpEd — eurasiareview — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin Is Trapped in Ukraine: Russia is Going Mercenary Crazy — 19fortyfive.com — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin Slams Growing Western Arms Deliveries To Ukraine — afp / barrons ● — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Russian Mercenary Boss Courts Putin with Ukrainian Battlefield Success — reuters / algemeiner — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin's Wins and Losses — nytimes ● — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
— Russia has recorded few battlefield wins since the late summer. Instead, the losses have piled up as Ukraine retook territory in the east and south. But Russian forces recently made gains around the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and seemingly took Soledar, a town on the outskirts of the city. (Ukraine claims it's still fighting.) A victory in Soledar would be more symbolic than strategic, military analysts say. Russia has been deprived of wins in recent months, so any kind of success could help maintain support for Putin's war.
