Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ is back in arms business
Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout was traded in 2022 for US basketball star Brittney Griner.
Vladimir Putin
Inside the criminal state of Russia
The looting of state-owned assets in Russia was just the start of the crime rush.
Fight and we’ll drop charges: Kremlin
The decision follows the recruitment of convicts and is aimed at shoring up the country’s armed forces amid mounting losses.
Putin takes aim at childlessness to raise birth rate
Suggesting that raising children is anything but a joy is set to become illegal in Russia under a law banning the ‘child-free movement’.
Putin’s ‘unstoppable’ Satan II missile blows up
The ‘super-weapon’ RS-28 Sarmat, an intercontinental ballistic missile known in the West as Satan II has blown up in its silo during a test launch.
Putin will fall ‘when we least expect it’
Political change in Russia usually happens suddenly, unexpectedly, when nobody sees it coming, and nobody is ready for it, a freed dissident says.
Prospect of all-out world war now very real
An increasingly desperate Vladimir Putin is more likely than ever to follow through on his threat to use nuclear weapons against the West.
Ukraine ‘helpless’ to prevent North Korea arms supply to Russia
Ukraine can do nothing to prevent North Korea supplying Russia with artillery shells and ballistic missiles that are ‘critical’ to the war.
Britain rejects ‘baseless’ Russian spy claim
The Kremlin has ordered six employees at the UK embassy in Moscow to leave owing to ‘signs of espionage’ – after Putin warns the West over missiles.
Long-range missile deal means war, Putin warns
Vladimir Putin has warned Britain and the US against allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets in Russia.
West must deliver in Ukraine
Long range missiles are needed despite risks.
Putin ‘escalating’ the war in Ukraine
Britain and the US are on the verge of allowing Kyiv the use of weapons such as Storm Shadow missiles deep inside Russia in a major policy shift.
‘Give us the tools, and we will finish the job’
Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, which began on August 6, was both politically and militarily audacious.
Soviet-style purge ‘will drag us back to dark days’
A plan by Georgia’s government to ban pro-western parties will mean the return of dictatorship under Putin’s influence, the opposition’s Tina Bokuchava says.
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.
Putin’s secret family dynasty; inner circle that lives in the shadows
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.
Putin backs Harris because ‘I love her laugh’
Vladimir Putin suggests that Kamala Harris’s ‘expressive, infectious’ laugh makes him prefer her over Donald Trump.
Putin’s secret sons with gymnast revealed
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.
US charges Russians over 2024 election interference
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.
Kremlin scientists ordered to unlock secrets of eternal life
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.
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