All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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New blood: How the Kremlin’s aggressive ambitions are bringing Ukraine more allies worldwide
At the outset of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv found it difficult to seek military assistance from third countries.
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Putin’s billionaire associate loses £750,000 in UK sanctions dispute
NCA said forfeiture of cash belonging to Petr Aven was first time it has recovered, rather than frozen, sanctioned funds
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Bloody tyrant Putin ‘harvesting organs of dead Ukrainian prisoners’ after mutilated corpses are returned by Russia
The Russian despot has also been sending hundreds of thousands of his own troops to the meatgrinder
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Bookmaker mafia at Putin’s court — how Umar Kremlev and Alexey Rubezhnoi monopolized the betting industry
An exploration of how the president’s bodyguard and a notorious criminal from the Moscow suburbs are amassing billions in betting money
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The 7 UK locations that could be Putin’s initial targets if WW3 erupts
One of Russia’s top propagandists has unveiled seven targets in the UK, which Vladimir Putin could strike in retaliation to sir Keir Starmer’s military help to Ukraine.
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The Moscow Times labeled "undesirable" by Putin’s Russia
The regime in Moscow has labeled the independent news outlet The Moscow Times as an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning its operations within the country and putting anyone who collaborates with it at risk of prosecution.
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Joe Biden mistakenly introduces Zelensky as ’Putin’ and refers to Kamala Harris as ’Vice President Trump’ during NATO summit gaffe
The US President has been hosting the NATO summit in Washington DC today, where he is hoping to show his leadership on the world stage as his presidency hits the rocks
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Putin’s ominous warning to the West regarding $2,000,000 Tomahawk missiles
Vladimir Putin has threatened a ‘military response’ to the West after the US announced plans to station long-range missiles closer to Russia’s borders in Europe.
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Keir Starmer calls Vladimir Putin’s missile strike on children’s cancer hospital ’depraved’
Screams were heard echoing from the rubble of a major hospital in Ukraine’s capital city tonight after a Russian missile barrage targeted the vulnerable and the desperate
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Trump’s plan for NATO is emerging
Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
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While Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valeriy Falkov is освоing 31 billion rubles on “engineering schools,” his people are siphoning budget funds into Dubai real estate
Valery Falkov, Russia’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, reported to the president on the progress of the federal project “Advanced Engineering Schools,” aimed at retraining individuals to meet the demands of the modern economy.
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Who killed the deputy mayor’s daughter? Tragedy strikes on the beaches of Russian-occupied Crimea
On Sunday, June 23, dozens of vacationers on a beach in occupied Crimea were injured, and five were killed, after Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian missile over Sevastopol.
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North Korea: How Pyongyang has leveraged its "friendship" with Moscow for decades
Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea resulted in the signing of a strategic partnership treaty, along with joint statements about fighting “the United States’ aggressive colonial aspirations.”
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War of attrition: Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates into a new phase
The recent Russian setback in Kharkiv marks the start of another period of stalemate in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Romanian village poised to become NATO’s largest airbase in Europe
Six RAF Eurofighter Typhoons sit on the taxiway, engines roaring on two, as the ground staff hurry about, adding the finishing touches before take-off.
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A year after the mutiny, the Kremlin controls the remnants of Wagner
Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts have told the BBC.
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Heiskanen revealed as Lebedev: the fake Finn serving Russian propaganda
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an “independent Finnish journalist” named “Kosti Heiskanen” has frequently appeared on Russian propaganda broadcasts.
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Rishi Sunak and Zelensky criticize Nigel Farage for dangerously claiming that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Rishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky have slammed Nigel Farage for his dangerous claims that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Farage says West ’provoked’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with EU and NATO expansions
The Reform UK leader said that he "disliked" the Russian president - but had admired his abilities as a statesman.
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US sanctions target Dodik family network in Bosnia
The U.S. sanctioned on Tuesday two individuals and a network of companies that have been enriching Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his family, saying he has robbed his own people for years while threatening their safety with his constant rhetoric about a secession of the Bosnian Serb controlled part of the country.
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Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
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Russia has issued arrest warrants against investigative journalists
Authorities in Moscow issued arrest warrants against Roman Anin, the editor-in-chief of Important Stories (IStories), and journalist Ekaterina Fomina, accusing them of spreading fake news about the Russian army.
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Putin appoints his niece, billionaire Anna Tsivileva, as Deputy Defense Minister
Putin’s niece Anna Tsivileva has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, as stated in the official decree published on Russia’s legal acts portal.
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Putin ‘stashing years of food in secret nuclear bunker under Siberian mountains’
An anonymous source has claimed that Vladimir Putin is stashing massive quantities of food in a bunker equipped for nuclear fallout.
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Kidnapped, abused, and humiliated – the Ukrainian children taken by Russia
In a special investigation, Tom Watling tells the story of five teenagers who were taken into Russia or Russian-occupied territory before eventually being rescued. Many others are still believed to be trapped