the Kremlin

noun

: the government of Russia and the former Soviet Union
an announcement from the Kremlin
also : the buildings of the Russian government in Moscow
We visited the Kremlin when we traveled to Russia.

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Armenia also played host to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a move that further rankled the Kremlin, especially because Pashinyan and Zelensky held talks in English, rather than in Russian, the old Soviet lingua franca. Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Georgescu was stridently pro-Russia, and the Kremlin celebrated his victory—but Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the result, citing evidence of interference. Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 His father, Bill Browder, was sanctioned by Russia in 2005 and has been involved in a decades-long battle with the Kremlin after helping to expose an alleged $230 million tax fraud scheme. Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Asked whether the Kremlin is worried about the fuel crisis in Crimea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Energy Ministry and other agencies are working on a set of measures to respond to the situation. ABC News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Kremlin

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“The Kremlin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Kremlin. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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