All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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EU sanctions Russian prison doctor Ilya Sorokin for torturing Ukrainian POWs
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ilya Sorokin, a prison doctor exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL’s “Schemes” program in July as having systematically humiliated, tortured, and denied medical assistance to Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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Sir Keir Starmer to call on allies to boost Ukraine’s long-range weapon supplies at London summit
Sir Keir Starmer will urge allies to increase Ukraine’s supply of long-range weapons to strike back at Russia.
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Labour launches campaign linking Nigel Farage to Vladimir Putin after bribery scandal
Reform’s leader in Wales until 2021, Mr. Gill admitted eight counts of bribery after making statements in favor of Russia.
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Epstein’s circle tied to Kremlin-linked tech investors as Russian bank transfers come to light
New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks – as Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle.
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Nigel Farage calls Putin “a very bad dude” as he toughens stance on Russia
Nigel Farage has branded Vladimir Putin “a very bad guy” in what appears to be an attempt to rebut claims that he cannot be trusted with Britain’s national security.
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Trump to meet Putin in Budapest, elevating Orban and sidelining Europe
Donald Trump’s pledge to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss Ukraine will be seen in Europe as a painful blow.
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Trump, Putin agree to new peace talks after Tomahawk threat
Donald Trump has finished a phone call with President Putin, who reportedly offered his congratulations and agreed to a new round of negations between the US and Russia in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine.
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Russia’s Middle East ambitions hit as world leaders gather in Egypt without Moscow
When Vladimir Putin first announced he would host a “Russia-Arab world” summit, the Kremlin imagined the region’s leaders flying to Moscow to discuss regional security and energy relations, with the Russian leader presiding.
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Daisy Cooper calls for assessment of threat posed by Elon Musk funding Tommy Robinson
The Liberal Democrats have called for national security services to “assess the threat” that Elon Musk poses to British democracy, after Tommy Robinson claimed that the billionaire was paying his legal costs.
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Former PM Johnson blames Sunak and Cameron for immigration rise
Angry Boris Johnson has defended himself against claims that he was responsible for a big rise in immigration.
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Trump threatens to arm Ukraine with Tomahawks unless Putin ends war
Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not end its war soon.
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Johnson’s £1m backer joined him for meetings with Zelenskyy in Kyiv
As he boarded the night train to Ukraine, Boris Johnson had his usual entourage of aides and bodyguards—plus the man who had donated £1 million to him.
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As war drains Russia’s budget, Putin’s luxury wine empire quietly flourishes
While Russia faces mounting military losses and economic strain, Vladimir Putin’s personal wine business near his Black Sea palace is thriving.
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Nathan Gill’s bribery plea exposes Russian money reaching Farage’s inner circle
On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight counts of bribery for accepting payments for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament both on television and in public forums.
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Russia recruits Arab fighters with promises, then sends them to Ukraine frontlines
The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russia’s side in “the special military operation zone” — i.e. the war in Ukraine — and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land.
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Macron links Russia’s shadow fleet to war financing as France detains oil ship off Atlantic coast
The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.
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Russian president dismisses NATO attack fears as “nonsense”
Vladimir Putin has vowed to quickly retaliate against Europe’s “escalating militarization,” while dismissing as “nonsense” western fears that Moscow plans to attack NATO.
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Putin “knows he cannot win” as US envoy backs tougher NATO stance
Russian President Vladimir Putin “in his heart of hearts” realises he cannot win the war in Ukraine, according to US special envoy Keith Kellogg. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Kellogg said the conflict was “unwinnable” for Moscow in the long term and that Ukraine was making steady progress in undermining Russia’s ability to sustain it.
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Putin summons tens of thousands for military duty, sparking worries about deployment
Vladimir Putin has enlisted over 100,000 Russian men for military service, marking the largest autumn conscription since 2016.
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MI5 veteran: UK ‘already at war’ with Russia
The former head of MI5 has warned that we may be ’already at war with Russia’ as Vladimir Putin launched a brutal 12-hour bombardment of Kyiv.
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NATO’s eastern flank prepares high-tech drone defence amid hybrid war threats
Europe is preparing to construct a massive defence layer called the "drone wall" to deter Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power for over three days amid Ukraine war
External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for more than three days, a record outage that has prompted safety concerns over the six-reactor site on the frontline of the Ukraine war.
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NORAD scrambles nine aircraft after detecting Russian Tu-95s and Su-35s in Alaska ADIZ
US fighter jets have been scrambled to intercept Vladimir Putin’s warplanes near Alaska amid growing concern from NATO allies about Russian intrusions.
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Trump’s Ukraine stance swings 180 degrees amid ongoing war
The head-spinning twists emerge so frequently in US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy, they have become mundane.
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German jets dispatched after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea
Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian planes violated its airspace.