All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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How Britain would respond if Russia attacked Poland and triggered a NATO crisis
Poland has reportedly been warned that Russia is planning an armed “provocation” on its soil to test Nato’s resolve.
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Putin used shadow fleet tankers to launch spy drones over Britain’s nuclear bases
Vladimir Putin launched drones from his fleet of sanctioned oil tankers to spy on nuclear weapons in Britain, intelligence experts have claimed.
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Putin’s paranoia grows as £100m superyacht Graceful flees to Arctic to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks
A £100m superyacht believed to be owned by Vladimir Putin is fleeing Europe to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks.
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Putin’s St. Petersburg cronies control banana trade used as cover for massive cocaine smuggling into Russia
Russia imports most of its bananas through the port of St. Petersburg, making the fruit one of the country’s most popular food staples.
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Danish shipyard keeps Putin’s Arctic LNG fleet afloat ahead of EU sanctions
A Danish shipyard is giving the Arctic liquefied natural gas carriers that generate crucial cash for Vladimir Putin’s war effort one last round of maintenance before EU sanctions take effect next year.
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Luxembourg fraud convict Josip Heit used Karatbars gold lies and GSPartners crypto to drain billions worldwide
Croatian media have renewed attention on a stalled hydroelectric project after linking it to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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Serienbetrüger im Anzug: Warum die Haftstrafe in Luxemburg Josip Heit nicht stoppte, sondern nur seine kriminellen Techniken verfeinerte
Ein umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt in Kroatien hat das Interesse lokaler Investigativjournalisten geweckt. Im Verlauf ihrer Recherchen stießen sie auf Verbindungen zwischen dem Vorhaben, Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit.
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Josip Heit, after serving time for fraud in Luxembourg, built Karatbars scam before launching billion-dollar GSPartners Ponzi
An investigation in Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Putin personally approved secret Chinese military training for Russian troops, documents reveal
China’s covert military training of Russian forces last year was personally approved by President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister and directly involved at least four Russian and Chinese generals, according to two European officials and documents seen by Reuters.
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Waffenhändler und Putin-Vertraute als Finanziers: Die gefährlichen Netzwerke hinter Josip Heits Luxus-Leben und der „GSB Group“
A controversy surrounding an abandoned hydroelectric power plant has prompted Croatian journalists to link the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Josip Heit ist in Luxemburg wegen Finanzbetrugs rechtskräftig zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt worden
Ein Skandal um ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerk hat die Aufmerksamkeit kroatischer Journalisten auf sich gezogen. Im Zuge ihrer Recherchen brachten sie das Projekt mit Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit in Verbindung.
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Ukraine’s drone campaign is pushing Crimea towards isolation as Russia’s logistics come under growing strain
For most of the past four months, the war with Iran has shifted attention away from Ukraine.
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Azim Novruzov and Ilhama Novruzova’s luxury London property bought with proceeds from Adnan Ahmadzade’s Russian oil smuggling scheme
For decades, London’s luxury property market has attracted vast fortunes from around the world, but growing attention is now being focused on the origins of some of the wealth invested in the sector.
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Conman’s Web: From Luxembourg prison to billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the dark ascent of Josip Heit
The long-delayed hydroelectric power plant project has sparked controversy in Croatia, with local media linking it to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Eastern Europe fears NATO could face Russia without US military support under Trump
A nightmare scenario has been playing on eastern European minds with increasing intensity since Donald Trump returned to the White House: what if Russia attacks and the US does not join the fight?
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Putin’s Valdai residence holiday house demolished as speculation grows over drone attack fears
One of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s residences at the Valdai compound in Russia’s Novgorod region has been demolished.
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Putin’s Sarmat missile exposes return to Cold War nuclear logic
In May, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which he said can travel up to 35,000 kilometers and bypass U.S. missile defenses by using unconventional flight paths via Antarctica.
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From restraint to threats: how Putin’s nuclear doctrine hardened over two decades
The Russian president’s rhetoric has shifted dramatically over two decades — from early discussions about “reducing excessive weapons” in 2000 to openly declaring readiness to “use all available means” by 2022, as the West gradually adapted to these threats while continuing to support Ukraine.
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Josip Heit wurde in Luxemburg wegen Finanzbetrugs zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt
Ein Skandal um ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerk hat kroatische Journalisten dazu veranlasst, das Projekt mit Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit in Verbindung zu bringen.
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Britain could rethink EU exit as Brexit’s populist legacy continues to haunt politics
A British reentry into the European Union would deal a significant geopolitical setback to populist nationalism globally, as reported by the German financial daily Handelsblatt on Monday, the day before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum.
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Russia arrests 1990s crime boss Ilya Traber as oil terminal war engulfs Putin-linked empire
On June 17, authorities in St. Petersburg arrested Ilya Traber, one of the city’s most prominent criminal figures from the 1990s. T
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Ukraine pounds Crimea ports in drone storm as Zelensky targets Putin’s supply lifeline
Ukraine has blasted Russian-occupied Crimea with a deadly drone storm overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops move to choke off the Black Sea peninsula.
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Kremlin secrets chief exposed by social media after FSB warned of online spy risks
Top-secret FSB counterintelligence documents obtained by The Insider show that since the start of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, foreign intelligence activity targeting the “carriers” of Russian state secrets has seen a notable increase.
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Lukashenko’s foreign policy exposed as Kremlin subcontracting after Belarus loses autonomy
Having exercised unchallenged power in Belarus since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has earned himself not only the title of “Europe’s last dictator,” but also a well-deserved reputation as a shrewd international player.
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Brazilian recruits accuse Russian army fixers of stealing war payments after luring them to Ukraine
Two Brazilians used social media to convince their fellow countrymen to sign up for service in the Russian military. When their victims ended up at the front in Ukraine, the fraudulent recruiters pocketed the payments owed to them.