All news on the topic: Russia

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Vladimir Putin 'in intensive care as body double meets Brazilian President'
A Telegram channel has claimed that Vladimir Putin is in 'connected to equipment that monitors his vital parameters' in the intensive care ward of his residence
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China, Russia and North Korea 'want Israel smokescreen to start WW3' says expert
Experts fear China, Russia and North Korea may take advantage of the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel in the Middle East to 'unleash hell' and provoke further conflicts
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Russian warplane carrying mystery cargo explodes into flames on runway
A Russian military plane ignited in a huge inferno in an airbase in Tajikistan - destroying its mystery cargo. One source refused to disclose what the cargo was for “wartime political reasons”
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Chilling moment RAF jets intercepted by Russian fighters and forced into U-turn
Tensions between the UK and Russia continue to rise as the Russians claim to have chased away two British planes attempting to enter their territory - which the RAF categorically deny
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Bored Russian soldiers 'washing hallucinogenics down with vodka' in trenches
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become a battle of attrition and for Vladimir Putin's soldiers they are alleviating boredom by "taking hallucinogenic drugs with shots of vodka"
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UK told to boost arms manufacturing as turbulence grips globe
A senior civil servant has highlighted the need to boost “defence industrial capacity”, warning of a “growing and significant strategic issue that we have to face as allies and partners”
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Russian hackers 'sent UK a message' with 'psychological attack' on Royal Family
A DDoS attack against the Royal Family's website earlier this month was intentional and not a smokescreen as the pro-Russian hackers wanted to 'send a message', according to experts
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Putin’s birthday 'may be last as he considers going out with a bang like Hitler'
Russian tyrant may decide to take his own life rather than relinquish his hold over the Russian presidency, according to experts who say he has celebrated his last birthday
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Russian plot to assassinate Putin uncovered as secret services hunt agent
A Telegram channel with a link to Moscow's security services said there is a search for an unknown person who planned to ‘remove’ Putin
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Russia may be 'planning to test nuclear missile' with a range of '14,000 miles'
Satellite imagery By PlanetLabs taken on the morning of September 20 shows vehicles near a launchpad at the Arctic base, including a truck with a trailer "that appears to correspond to the dimensions of the missile"
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Key Russian spy caught trying to sneak into top secret drone school in Ukraine
Ukraine's security service caught an undercover Russian spy sneaking into a top secret drone school in Ukraine as he covertly took photographs of military positions
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UK 'must keep sending weapons to Ukraine even if Trump wins back White House'
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted British support for Kyiv must continue, regardless of whether the Republican wins the US presidential race taking place next November
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Putin 'trying to convince himself' but 'rigid' body language shows victory doubt
In his latest speech to Russia, Vladimir Putin congratulated himself on a "defining and truly historic event" - but body language expert Judi James says he's less confident than he appears
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Putin to 'indoctrinate' girls as beauty contestants attend 'military course'
Up until now, most of the country's propaganda has been directed at boys, but the focus is now shifting as schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 in Russia's Primorsky region are being introduced to "military-patriotic education"
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Mum starves baby to death after partner insists he could live on sunlight alone
WARNING DISTURBING DETAILS: Oxana Mironova, 33, has been convicted in Russia of starving her baby son Kosmos to death after her raw food blogging partner claimed the infant could survive on sunlight alone
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Ukraine unveils nightmare for Putin with ‘invisible’ underwater kamikaze drone
The torpedo - which can carry 450kg of explosives - is set to be unleashed on Russia's warships and submarines, as well as the Crimean Bridge, which Russia has had to repeatedly rebuild
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New UEFA ruling opposed by The FA after controversial U-turn on blanket ban
The Football Association will continue to ensure English outfits do not meet Russian teams in any competitions despite UEFA softening their stance
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Five accused Russian spies 'plotted possible kidnaps from seaside hotel'
Orlin Roussev, Bizer ­Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova allegedly conspired to gather information which would be useful to an enemy
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Black Sea Fleet commander 'back from dead to meet Russian defence minister'
A Russian commander made a surprise 'appearance' at a meeting with other senior members of the military amid reports he had died in a devastating Ukrainian strike
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Officers betray Putin and leak intel for massive strike that killed admiral
For failing to pay their wages, Russian naval officers took their revenge by handing over sensitive information to a Kyiv-allied resistance group, which ultimately lead to the devastating missile strike at Vladimir Putin's Black Sea Fleet headquarters
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Five Bulgarians living in UK appear in court charged with spying for Russia
Vanya Gaberova, 29, Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, and Ivan Stoyanov, 31, are all accused of conspiring to collect information that could be indirectly useful to an enemy state, which is thought to be Russia
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Russia attacks key NATO border in drone strike leaving two people injured
Ukrainian military spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk told Radio Svoboda that drones did not cross into Romania but reports indicate it left two people wounded and dozens of trucks damaged
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Russia owes almost £6million in unpaid fees for London's congestion charge
The Lib Dems have called for the Russian Embassy to pay the £6million congestion charge bill and for the money to be donated to Ukraine by UK authorities
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Russian exile who survived three Putin assassination attempts breaks his silence
Igor Sychev has suffered three car crashes - which he claims were deliberate - and received countless death threats against him and his family. He claims oligarchs are putting out kill orders against him - because he is trying to take a Russian fertiliser company to court
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Russian kids as young as nursery age receiving military training in playgrounds
Pre-school children take part in marching practice in photographs taken across Russia - and older kids are even being taught how to dig trenches and throw grenades