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State television showed Vladimir Putin directing the exercise via video call with top military officials as Russia’s Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said the purpose of the drills was " in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy"

Vladimir Putin's alleged health battles have been the subject of garish speculation for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President uses body doubles in public to mask his 'imminent' death

The Kremlin has dismissed fresh speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ill and called rumours that he uses a body double an "absurd hoax", but an expert says he may be biding his time

Warmonger Vladimir Putin is said to have fallen ill on Sunday after countless reports alleged that he's suffering from terminal conditions - and that body doubles have been put in his place to dupe the Russian public

Vladimir Nekrasov, 66, chairman of the Lukoil board of directors, is the third top executive at the company to die in mysterious circumstances within a year-and-a-half

Vladimir Putin was rumoured to have suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening at his residence in Moscow before being resuscitated by staff, according to claims on Telegram

Vladimir Putin has long been rumoured to be severely ill, with claims of pancreatic and prostate cancers, Parkinson's and other ailments, as sources even suggest body doubles are often used in public

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

Controversial social media channel that regularly claims Russian dictator Putin is dying has alleged that the Kremlin supremo had to receive emergency aid from medics after having a heart attack

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

Russia is believed to have deployed its specially trained dolphins closer to where Ukraine's special forces landed on the peninsula - it comes amid concerns the country will try to take back Crimea

Russian political analyst Valery Solovey claims President Vladimir Putin has just days left to live and was forced to send a body double to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping

Vladimir Putin's body language has come under the microscope during crunch talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He was initially was smiling as his car pulled up at the venue but his faced quickly changed

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”

A Russian Telegram channel claims that Vladimir Putin is on the verge of dying from ill health and body doubles are currently be used to impersonate him in public appearances

The Shadow Energy and Net Zero Secretary will announce an Energy Independence Act designed to shield the country from external shocks and cut costs for consumers

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

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

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry officially abandoned their podcast after their £18million Spotify deal collapsed earlier this year, with the streaming platform boss hinting at "innovation" issues

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: One of the Russian snipers is accused of sexually assaulting a woman’s four-year-old daughter, and both ‘raped girls aged 15 and 17’ during Vladimir Putin’s invasion

Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps launched a passionate defence of the British arms industry when he addressed a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester

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

Excruciating video shows Evgeny Kovtkov, a prisoner of war in Ukraine, visibly confused as to why his girlfriend risked jail or death from Vladimir Putin's thugs by fleeing their homeland

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"

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