Democrat’s ‘laughter’ wins over wry Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok he is supporting Democrat Kamala Harris to win the US election in November.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok he is supporting Democrat Kamala Harris to win the US election in November.
Vladimir Putin’s secretive family raises questions about hidden wealth, influence, and power behind the scenes. But don’t expect a Russian version of Succession.
Vladimir Putin suggests that Kamala Harris’s ‘expressive, infectious’ laugh makes him prefer her over Donald Trump.
President Vladimir Putin has two secret young sons who are kept under heavy guard at one of his luxurious presidential residences and are not allowed to play with other children.
Russian journalists allegedly conspired to illegally send $10m to a US media company to inject hidden Russian government messaging in a campaign aimed at helping Trump reclaim the White House.
Health ministry tells research institutes to report on their efforts to tackle cognitive and sensory disorders, cellular ageing and osteoporosis, as well as boosting immune systems.
Putin was welcomed by a guard of honour as he landed in Ulaanbaatar, in a show of defiance against the International Criminal Court, Kyiv and the West.
The delivery of Orlov Trotters to the North Korean leader is a partial payment for artillery shells urgently needed for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
You might think of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Ayatollah Khameini as ruling absolutely – but each has a colleague driving their agenda.
Ukrainian forces unleash a fresh attack on Russia’s border in the Belgorod region on Tuesday.
At least four killed as Putin marks his enemy’s Independence Day weekend with hundreds of missiles and drones.
The biggest drone strike on Moscow since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine deepens the crisis facing the Russian despot following Kyiv’s audacious counterpunch into Russia’s Kursk region.
A decorated Ukrainian commander says Australia’s soon-to-be-retired Abrams tanks could play a ‘crucial role’ in turning the tide against Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Ukraine’s President says its invasion into Russian territory is proof threats of a nuclear apocalypse were never a reality.
Raw recruits under attack in Russia’s western region tried to contact battalion commanders, only to discover their military leaders had abandoned them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his forces were “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive.
Ukrainians in the first wave of the invasion of the Kursk region say they met little initial resistance from Putin’s forces.
The situation in Kursk is becoming a huge test for Putin, the first Russian leader to lose territory to a foreign power since WWII.
The plan is to force Moscow to shift troops from Ukraine resulting in the need to raise troop numbers with a general mobilisation which could, threateningly for Putin, cause splits in the army.
In a long interview on X, Donald Trump tells Elon Musk the whole country will be defended by an Iron Dome under his watch and speaks of his respect for ‘smart and vicious’ Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.
The unprecedented incursion by Ukraine in a war that Russia expected to win within a few days has dealt a massive blow to Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reduced his country to a nonentity in sports.
Vladimir Putin should also feel shame over the exclusion of Russian athletes from the Paris Olympics.
Ukraine’s 30km thrust into Kursk raises questions about Russian military capabilities and where Putin’s red lines may really lie.
Kremlin says 300 Ukrainian troops fired indiscriminately at civilian buildings in Kursk region
Raised by parents under deep cover, Sofia and Daniel Dultsevs have just learnt their life was a lie. But state TV was quick to parade their new loyalty to Russia.
What the US–Russia prisoner swap tells us about Vladimir Putin’s priorities.
Welcome as it was, the swap is emblematic of an era of state-sponsored hostage-taking by tyrannical governments seeking leverage over the free world.
The release of Putin’s assassin Vadim Krasikov sends a dual message: the Kremlin will hunt down its enemies, even if they flee to the West, and it won’t abandon those loyal to his government.
Ex-Marine Paul Whelan spent years in Russian prisons as Washington and Moscow stumbled into a new era of hostage diplomacy.
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