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Putin defies rumours about his health by dipping into freezing waters in -17C temperatures to mark Orthodox Epiphany Vladimir Putin is seen immersing himself in icy water in a video released today It comes amid rumours regarding the state of the 68-year-old leader’s health The ritual was to mark the Epiphany when Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate … Read more
Alexei Navalny has boarded a plane bound for Moscow, despite Russian authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critics, was flown to Berlin in August for emergency medical treatment after being poisoned with what German tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent. … Read more
The storming of the US Capitol by a hate mob, some carrying Confederate flags, at the instigation of the country’s President is unprecedented. All the words that have been used – shame, disgrace, carnage, nadir – are appropriate. The battle between forces of impunity and those of accountability, brewing over the last decade around the … Read more
Putin passes new laws enabling Russia to block US social networking sites that ‘discriminate’ against the country and levy hefty fines Package of reforms was passed by Russia’s parliament and signed off by Putin It includes measures allowing Russia to restrict access to ‘discriminatory’ sites Push to increase online ‘sovereignty’ has sparked fears of China-style … Read more
Vladimir Putin has given his personal backing to the Russian intelligence agency accused of launching a massive cyberattack against the US government. The Kremlin leader appeared at the headquarters of the SVR, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, to mark its 100th anniversary on Sunday. While not referring to hacking, Putin lauded the work of intelligence agents … Read more
Putin finally congratulates Joe Biden on his election victory and says he is ‘ready for interaction’ with the president-elect after the Kremlin said he would wait for the official result Putin was one of the last world leaders who had not acknowledged Biden’s win He finally congratulated Biden after the electoral college confirmed the results … Read more
Putin practices for nuclear war: Russia launches missiles from submarines, underground silos and aircraft in major strategic drill Russia’s full nuclear triad demonstrated in footage shared by Russian military The strategic drill was reportedly under President Vladimir Putin’s command Exercises included a missile fired from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea Several long-range cruise missiles were … Read more
Vladimir Putin ‘has secretly moved to Sochi during Covid pandemic and had replica office built so Russians still believe he is in Moscow’, anti-Kremlin media claim Proekt media reported on Monday that the Russian President had secretly moved to his summer residence in the Black Sea city of Sochi It claimed that a replica of … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to start mass vaccination against coronavirus from next week, with sailors, doctors and teachers among the first to get the nation’s own jab. Sputnik V has been touted in Russia as the world’s ‘first registered Covid-19 vaccine’ after it received regulatory approval in early August. However, giving the … Read more
Vladimir Putin reportedly has a secret teenager daughter whose mother is a housekeeper-turned-millionaire, according to a Russian investigative site. She is reported to be Yelizaveta Vladimirovna, a 17-year-old born of a years-long affair between Putin her mother Svetlana Krivonogikh. Sources who spoke to investigative site Proekt said Putin and Svetlana began their affair in the late Nineties, … Read more