All news on the topic: Kremlin

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Donald Trump criticizes Keir Starmer just days before their meeting
Donald Trump has criticized Keir Starmer just days before they are set to meet at the White House. He also renewed his attacks on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky following their recent exchanges.
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Kremlin responds by labeling Starmer’s plans to send 30,000 troops to Ukraine as ’unacceptable’
The Kremlin has responded to proposals made by Sir Keir Starmer to deploy 30,000 troops to Ukraine, calling the plan "unacceptable".
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American detained due to cannabis gummies in Moscow freed prior to Russia-U.S. discussions
U.S. citizen Kalob Byers, who was detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges after cannabis-infused gummies were discovered in his luggage, has been released from custody.
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Luxurious mansion of Putin’s banker worth $223 million: how Andrey Kostin built a villa for himself and his lover Nailya Asker-Zade
In August 2019, prime-time TV presenter Nailya Asker-Zade found herself at the center of a scandal: journalists discovered her to be in possession of a nearly $33 million plot of land near the village of Razdory in Rublevka, a luxurious residential area outside Moscow.
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Donald Trump’s 7 key warning signs that he’ll compromise Ukraine as he aligns with Vladimir Putin
Alarm bells are ringing across Europe after Donald Trump and his team conceded to key demands from Putin before peace talks even begin - prompting comparisons to the failure to stand up to Hitler in the 1930s.
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Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign succeeds with fake USAID shutdown video shared by Elon Musk, gaining over 13 million views
The Kremlin-linked bot network known as “Matryoshka” has achieved its biggest success to date: a fake video claiming that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...
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Trump administration dissolves task force aimed at Russian oligarchs
US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin.
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The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger is distributing an AI-generated video in the style of Little Big, advocating for the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger has begun spreading an AI-generated video mimicking the visual style of Little Big, the Russian band behind the 2018 viral hit “Skibidi.”
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Keir Starmer forced to abandon email account due to suspected Russian hack
British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.
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Kremlin-run bot network uses fake websites to disseminate articles predicting a ’catastrophe’ for Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The Kremlin’s “Doppelgänger” bot network has launched a campaign to spread pseudo-journalistic articles claiming that the decision of newly sworn in U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze aid programs for Ukraine is the right move...
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Kremlin propaganda resurfaces as ’neutral’ YouTube channels amid Baltic migration claims
Since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its propaganda has claimed that residents of the Baltic states are fleeing en masse to Russia and Belarus to escape “russophobia.” Re:Baltica investigation reveals different truths behind these narratives.
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Deadly chips: How Integral bypasses sanctions to aid Russia’s war efforts
Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.
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Iran’s Pezeshkian kept waiting for an hour to meet Putin at the Kremlin
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and his delegation were kept waiting for about an hour to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Moscow on Friday, a source told Iran International.
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Fraud disguised as cybersecurity: Fortes.pro and its ties to Kremlin circles
A scandal is unfolding on the internet surrounding Fortes, a company that provides protection against DDoS attacks and other cyber threats.
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Keir Starmer to sign historic 100-year pact with Ukraine during Kyiv talks with Zelensky
Sir Keir Starmer says there are “unbreakable bonds” between the UK and Ukraine — as they sign a 100-year deal today.
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Russian oligarchs behind RER escape EU sanctions due to Hungary’s veto
Hungary has protected two Kremlin-linked oligarchs from European Union (EU) sanctions. These individuals, who control the Riga Electrical Machinery Factory (RER)...
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Russian billionaires run chemical factories that supply critical materials for explosives, aiding Russia’s war efforts
Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia’s wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow’s military...
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Russia’s wealthiest daughter: Varvara Manturova’s shadow schemes and her patrons
The daughter-in-law of the First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, formerly known as Varvara Skoch, manages billions not only of Alisher Usmanov’s holding but also of the mysterious owner of the investment company "Finam."
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Kremlin denies claims that Asma al-Assad is seeking a divorce and planning to return to London
The UK-born wife of Syria’s ousted leader is a controversial figure globally and, like her husband, is subject to sanctions.
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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used for military armor production continues to be supplied to Russia
Russian metallurgists, who supply their materials to manufacturers of weapons and armored vehicles, are critically dependent on foreign equipment.
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Polite comrades: How Moscow pioneered the use of “little green men” in Estonia a century ago
A hundred years ago, on Dec. 1, 1924, Estonian communists attempted a coup d’état that enjoyed the direct backing of Soviet Russia — despite the Tartu Peace Treaty signed in 1920.
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Russia hikes military spending to record levels as defence outgoings close to a third of entire budget
Vladimir Putin has signed off record amounts of defence spending for Russia.
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"Free Pablo and Fancy Bear": GRU’s Pavel Rubtsov, wanted by the FBI, receives a warm welcome in Moscow from a hacker on the Most Wanted list
In August 2024, the world witnessed an unprecedented prisoner swap between the West and the Kremlin: Russia agreed to release 16 individuals, including political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin and U.S. citizens Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in exchange for eight Russians — GRU illegals, hackers, and killers.
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Media: Owners of EU microprocessor plant shipped chips to Russia despite sanctions
Businessmen that own a plant in Latvia shipped microchips used to build drones to Russia despite Western sanctions in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.
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New evidence of Putin’s secret £1 billion palace ’uncovered through Strava app data’
A data leak through the Strava exercise app has shed new light on Vladimir Putin’s £1 billion clifftop Black Sea palace.
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