All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Russians defy Vladimir Putin and queue to lay flowers on Alexei Navalny's grave
Mourners have risked the wrath of Vladimir Putin by continuing to queue to see the grave of Alexei Navalny who was laid to rest on Friday after his death last month
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'Rochdale deserved better by-election candidates - Labour needs to act now'
Rochdalians will soon realise their new MP cares more about himself than their town - he stands accused of baiting the Jewish community, siding with the Kremlin on the Ukraine war and defending regimes like Iran
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Dramatic moment NATO Top Guns intercept Russian warplanes over Baltic Sea
Putin is testing the West's defences after he threatened to nuke it in his annual address to Russia after accusing NATO and the US of 'preparing to strike' Russia
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Alexei Navalny's funeral sees thousands of mourners defy Putin's ring of steel
Two weeks ago, the body of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexei Navalny body was found in mysterious circumstances in the Russian jail cell where he had been confined after being found guilty of trumped up embezzlement charges
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Putin's ring of steel fails to intimidate crowds at Navalny's funeral
Alexei Navalny's funeral at the Church of the Icon of Our Lady Quench My Sorrows on the outskirts of Moscow has drawn thousands of supporters despite a heavy police presence
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Vladimir Putin launches nuclear test - just 24 hours after threatening West
The test of the Yars intercontinental missile, which is capable of being equipped with nuclear warheads, comes only hours after Putin threatened to respond to any NATO deployment in Ukraine
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Putin’s doomsday rocket 'hit by Western sanctions' as missile carrier falls over
The 'Satan-2' Sarmaxt ballistic missile rocket which Vladimir Putin boasted was in use in his threat to the West is not even ready, mounting evidence suggests, and hasn't undergone a planned test over the South Pole
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Navalny mourners could 'be forced into army by Putin and sent to war' at funeral
Alexei Navalny's relatives have been denied hearses to carry his coffin to church and on to a graveyard where the Russian opposition leader will be buried on Friday and now there are fears mourners will be rounded up
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Putin's nuclear warning 'doesn't mean much in real life' after previous bluff
An expert tells TheMirror.com that Vladimir Putin feels enough time has passed that he can once again resort to 'straightforward nuclear bluster, and claims that confronting Moscow will mean the end of the world' in an effort to deter Western intervention in Ukraine
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'Nervy' Vladimir Putin 'lacks energy in raving Ukraine speech'
Russian President Vladimir Putin made is usual threats of a looming nuclear conflict, vicious barbs against western leaders, and even said his troops could secure a victory in Ukraine
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Five subtle signs Vladimir Putin was 'deflated' during key Russian speech
Vladimir Putin appeared 'beleaguered' during his speech in the Russian parliament today and displayed multiple telltale signals that all may not be well, according to body language expert Judi James
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Putin tells women to have more babies in bid for Russia to have bigger families
Delivering his speech to the Federal Assembly, the Russian President made a bid to increase population numbers - and proposed tax allowances for families with more children
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Vladimir Putin hid inner 'sadness and pain' while speaking about West in address
Vladimir Putin seemed 'beleaguered' during a parliament address until he spoke about the West which energised him with 'aggressive arousal', says body language expert Judi James
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Putin hides 'shaking' hands during speech as claims of health issues swirl
A former MI6 boss claims there is something 'fundamentally wrong' with the Russian president - adding paranoia suffered by Putin may have contributed to Navalny’s death
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Putin nuclear war threat claiming NATO 'to strike' as Navalny widow fears purge
Speaking to an audience of lawmakers and top officials televised live across the nation - Vladimir Putin said that Russia was "defending its sovereignty and security and protecting our compatriots" in Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin’s apocalypse bombing kills priest and flattens church
In a move for territorial “victories” in occupied Ukraine ahead of a major speech on Thursday, Russian forces targeted Kupyansk - or Kupiansk - in the Kharkiv region
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Alexei Navalny's body was 'abused' after he died mysteriously, widow claims
Alexei Navalny's widow told the European Parliament that her husband was killed after being tortured for three years, adding he was 'starved and cut off from the outside world'
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Putin's spokesperson warns of 'extra security' over NATO ’s 'hostile rhetoric'
Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described NATO's enlargement on Russia's borders as a "hostile rhetoric" as the war in Ukraine enters its this year
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Navalny’s widow fears ‘bloody monster’ Putin will carry out purge at funeral
Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia told the European Parliament says she fears Vladimir Putin will order arrests - or worse - at her husband's funeral, set to be held Friday
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Alexei Navalny's funeral confirmed after Vladimir Putin's opposition 'killed'
A funeral for Alexei Navalny is set to be held later this week after his shock death in a notorious prison earlier this month, with critics blaming Russian leader Putin
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Brits 'should prepare to be called into war' as conscripts against Putin's army
Ex-deputy chief of defence staff General Sir Richard Barrons has warned Brits must prepare to be conscripted after years of a 'peace dividend' brought about after the Cold War
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Putin’s nightmare 10 days as Ukraine downs £800m warplanes including jets
Vladimir Putin has not enjoyed celebrating the start of the third year of his invasion of Ukraine as his enemies have shot down several warplanes with a dollar cost of more than £800million
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Alexei Navalny 'was due to be released before Putin changed mind and killed him'
Maria Pevchikh, a senior aide to Alexei Navalny, claims he was set to be freed in a swap deal brokered by ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich - but Vladimir Putin blocked it
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'Demented' Trump's recent gaffes from forgetting wife name to Biden praise error
Donald Trump won't want to admit it, but he and Joe Biden have plenty in common after he made a number of excruciating blunders in recent weeks as the race for the White House heats up
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Putin critic Alexei Navalny was 'cold tortured' before death, group claims
Alexei Navalny died after being "tortured" at a penal colony in northern Russia, says a human rights group that now wants his body to be examined independently abroad