All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Putin critic falls ill with fears she's been poisoned by Russian nerve agent
Natalia Arno, head of the Free Russia Foundation, claims she returned to find her hotel door was mysteriously left open and the “smell of cheap perfume” before falling ill
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Raging Boris Johnson warned he would punch 'lickspittle' Macron's lights out
The PM threatened an "orgy of frog bashing" after the French President criticised his handling of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, former spin doctor Guto Harri revealed
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Russia denies new hypersonic missile has failed as Ukraine says 6 easily downed
Russia sent out Vladimir Putin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu to deny the Ukrainian claim that it had downed six Kinzhal - or Dagger - missiles as it tried to see off the invading forces
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Putin sends woman, 23, to prison for 'high treason' of opposing Ukraine war
Tamara Parshina is just 23-years-old and she was seen being marched through the streets by armed male FSB officers and flown eight hours away to a Moscow jail
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Fireball erupts into huge mushroom cloud over Ukraine as Russia attacks
A thick cloud of smoke was sent billowing into the skies above the city of Khmelnytskyi in Ukraine as Russia attacked with reported drones including four spotted in the centre
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Jacob Rees-Mogg claims Brexit prevented success of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine
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Eurovision host Julia Sanina was a rock legend in Ukraine before the war
Eurovision has gone to great lengths to keep last year's winners Ukraine at the heart of the show
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Ukraine blows up £11m Russian missile system as Putin's frontline crumbles
A Russian Pantsir-S1 missile system has been struck near Bakhmut as the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the devastating attack on the the edge of Bakhmut, signalling fresh misery for Putin's troops
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'Eurovision will be a chance to stand with Ukraine as they battle invaders'
'That spirit of togetherness is more important than ever at a time when conflict has once again darkened the continent’s doors'
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Russia retreats as Ukrainians make push for key city in renewed offensive
Vladimir Putin’s regime admitted it had to withdraw from key areas around the city in the Donetsk region, in the south east of Ukraine
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'Very special' Brit volunteer killed in Ukraine after a year on the frontline
Jay Morais, from Bristol, was on Ukraine’s frontline including in intensive street fighting in the Donbas cities of Severodonetsk and Bakhmut and has now died in Kharkiv
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Putin's pal 'may have been poisoned' as he races to leave Russia with ambulance
Belarusian tyrant Alexander Lukashenko, who has refused to give up power for 24 years, couldn't walk more than a mile at yesterday's Victory Day parade and skipped a breakfast with ally Putin
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Russian Wagner mercenaries to be labelled terror group like Isis and Al Qaeda
Labour has demanded that Government ministers should formally label the notorious Wagner Group a terror outfit after accusing it of committing “appalling atrocities”
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Ex-world champion boxer who fought David Haye spotted at Vladimir Putin speech
Nikolai Valuev, who was the biggest and heaviest fighter in boxing history, became a politician for the Untied Russia party after 16 years in the ring - in which he faced off against Britain's David Haye
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Putin's nuclear briefcase spotted moments before he declares 'real war' on West
The briefcase - also known as the nuclear football - was carried by an aide as the Russian leader arrived at Red Square in Moscow for today's Victory Day parade
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Putin says Russia fighting 'real war' against West in huge Victory Day speech
Vladimir Putin's speech came as Moscow and other Russian cities were preparing to host military parades and other festivities marking Victory Day, Russia's biggest secular holiday
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Paranoid Putin 'will send body double to major military display', says Ukraine
The Russian president is fearing for his life according to sources in Ukraine, who believe the 70-year-old leader will retreat to his bunker while a lookalike takes his place
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'Cost of living is a reason Rishi Sunak suffered drubbing in local elections'
'Cost of living is one reason why Rishi Sunak suffered a drubbing in the local elections'
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Ukraine's Eurovision stars save pets left homeless and abandoned in Russia war
Kalush Orchestra, from the war-torn country, are helping to fund the rescue of orphaned cats and dogs whose owners have died since Russia’s invasion.
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Humanitarian crisis grows as evacuation continues near Ukraine nuke plant
Russia's evacuation has prompted an announcement from the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, who expressed growing concern about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia power station
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SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid: How Rotenberg manages billions through crypto schemes and gambling in Ukraine
Does Russian billionaire and "Putin’s wallet" Arkadiy Rotenberg control a monopoly over Ukraine’s gambling market via Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?
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Putin may 'swiftly dispose' of Russian war leader after rant over 30 corpses
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: In the video, Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of around 30 uniformed bodies lying on the ground which he says are the corpses of Wagner fighters who died on Thursday alone
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Putin now has “no option” but to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Dmitry Rogozin - also a former deputy prime minister who is now close to the frontline - made clear Moscow is facing war defeat unless the dictator unleashes his atomic weapons
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US denies Russia's 'ludicrous' claim of Kremlin drone attack
Russia has blamed Washington for being involved in an apparent drone attack after two drones were shot down over the Kremlin in the early hours of Tuesday morning calling it a "terrorist" attack
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'Energy firms give lavish returns to shareholders while the elderly freeze'
These are not the profits of enterprise, endeavour and innovation – they are the spoils of Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, which has sent energy prices soaring