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Its time to pardon Edward Snowden, and defuse Putins increasingly dangerous weapon

2016-10-31 19:22:36| Extremetech

A pardon for Snowden isnt just good policy, its a move to neutralize a looming threat from an ever-more aggressive Moscow state department. The post It’s time to pardon Edward Snowden, and defuse Putin’s increasingly dangerous weapon appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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A change in tone for Vladimir Putin's climate change pledges

2015-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Many observers were surprised on Monday when President Vladmir V. Putin of Russia - the head of a heavily polluting petrostate and a longtime skeptic of climate change - offered a platter of climate-friendly platitudes to his fellow world leaders. "Climate change has become one of the gravest challenges humanity is facing," he said. He went on, "Caused by global warming, hurricanes, droughts, floods and other anomalies are the source of economic damage." If the other leaders' jaws did not drop,...

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'Putin's ex-banker' files $12bn claim

2015-09-22 23:34:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Sergei Pugachev - a Russian tycoon once known as "Putin's banker" - says he has filed a $12bn (8bn) compensation claim against the Russian state.

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Is economic malaise Putin's biggest challenge yet?

2014-12-05 02:18:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Economist Sergei Guriev assesses whether President Vladimir Putin's state of the nation speech has made a difference to Russia's economic outlook.

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Putins revengeanti-fracking protests in Europe

2014-06-20 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Quartz: For years, Russian president Vladimir Putin has bitterly alleged a foreign conspiracy to undermine his rule. Western-funded private organizations, he has said, were fomenting protests and supporting his opponents. Now it turns out that Putin himself may be funding protest groups in Europe. In a London appearance on June 19, Anders Rasmussen, the secretary-general of NATO, accused Russia of secretly funding European non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that oppose hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking"),...

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