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Nuclear comments go viral online R U SSIA N Pre s ide nt V la dimir Putin be c a me the s ubje c t of s e ve ra l jokes on social media follow ing a tw ohour a ddre s s in which he spoke of the c ountry’s nuc le a r w e a pons c a pabilities. Tweets likening him to D a rth Va de r and Kim Jong Un were among those posted follow ing c omme nts he made about the testing of a new ballistic missile system.
four female reporters that he sexually harassed them. Leonid Slutsky called the allegations a “hit job” and hinted they were part of a foreign plot to smear him, according to reports in Russian media.
Worker deaths probe
AUTHORITIES have launched an inquiry into picture credit @oldLentach, via Twitter the death of five North Korean workers at a construction site in southern Russia. For those too lazy to The labourers, who are susread, a summary of pected to have died from Putin’s address in one carbon monoxide poisonpicture. Russia 2024. ing, may have been the vicTHE suspected leader of a tims of criminal neglidrugs smuggling operation gence, according to reports. that allegedly saw hundreds of kilograms of cocaine smuggled from South America to Moscow on a Russian presidential plane has been arrested. German police arrested Andrei Kovalchuk who was reportedly found POLITICAL groups opposed to President hiding in the country. Vladimir Putin came together for a march in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemstov. Organisers said around 7,600 people turned out for the demonstration, with protestors calling for a ‘Russia without A DEPUTY in Russia’s parliament has said Putin.’ he is innocent following claims from at least
Cocaine arrest
Opposition march
Harassment claims
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JAILED: Goncharenko was handed the sentence over his displaying of an inflatable duck in the window of his St Petersburg apartment.
Duck display arrest AN activist has been sentenced to 25 days in prison for displaying an inflatable duck in the window of his St Petersburg apartment in protest over corruption. Artyom Goncharenko was reportedly referencing an investigation into Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s summer house which allegedly has a home for ducks.