Kremlin
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkrɛm.lɪn/
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Kremlin
- My friends and I toasted the view, overlooking the Kremlin, its golden domes gleaming in the late evening sunset.
- Kremlin policy
- the Kremlin controls
- Kremlin leaders
Certainly the Kremlin denies any wrongdoing.
- Certainly the Kremlin denies any wrongdoing.
- We utterly condemn the Kremlin's war.
- Men in unmarked camouflage appear on the Crimean Peninsula, sent by the Kremlin.
- intelligence agencies tracking the reaction in the Kremlin.
- And as soon as they got a spy, a high level person in the Kremlin, the Kremlin would know within days and they'd kill the guy.
- There is no TV channels in Russia that not under the state, that not under the Kremlin.
- And this morning the Kremlin responded by saying personal sanctions on Putin would not hurt him.
- What if this wild story, the president's son-in-law thought talking directly to the Kremlin via Russian spy facilities was a good idea?
- You see those rituals in the Kremlin, right in the Grand Kremlin Palace, in the Saint George's Hall, some of the greatest interiors in the world.
- And, you know, the poison toad and the Kremlin.
- All I'm saying is that there are people who would want the Kremlin to looked as if they've they've done it.
- I mean, I've, I've thought that one way to resolve this, this situation is either that or a coup d'etat and the Kremlin.
Examples
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Clearly, the interests of Kremlin insiders and those of ordinary Russians do not always coincide.
Academic text (2011) -
Reagan's actions and rhetoric undoubtedly sharpened and intensified Kremlin policy debates in the early 1980s.
Academic text (1990) -
- What does the Kremlin say?
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We do not know what happened in the Kremlin.
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On numerous occasions, the Kremlin used energy as a political tool.
Academic text (2015) -
The committee emphasized the relationship between the Kremlin and the challenges to international stability everywhere.
Academic text (1990) -
In December, the Kremlin suddenly said it wouldn't pursue the project after all.
Academic text (2015) -
Certainly the Kremlin denies any wrongdoing.
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Almost a quarter-century after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin still holds considerable influence in the Baltic states.
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Many analysts are closely watching the decisions made by the Kremlin regarding foreign policy.
Synonyms
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8.6
A group of old, strong buildings at the center of a Russian town to keep people safe
A walled complex in central Moscow that houses the president and government offices
Compounds
A walled complex in central Moscow that houses the president and government offices
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kremlin comes from an old Russian word, kreml', meaning 'fortress' or 'strong place', and it first named the walled castle in Moscow. Because the country's leaders worked inside those walls, Kremlin now often means the Russian government.