All news on the topic: Kremlin

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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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Satellite images show major expansion at Russian site with secret bioweapons past
New construction at a military research site near Moscow reveals a specialized laboratory complex designed to research and handle deadly pathogens, experts say.
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Revealed: Putin’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet is spilling oil all over the world
On a chilly spring morning in March, British coast guards spotted something unusual around 100 kilometers off the Scottish shoreline: a dark stain, stretching 23 kilometers into the North Atlantic Ocean.
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’Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears the Kremlin is rigging the EU referendum
Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election
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Alphagate in Latvia: How the FSB assists Aven in evading sanctions
Over the past two weeks, a number of Latvian media outlets have published articles claiming that the "oligarch Nevzlin" is corrupting the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Latvia and ordering videos and articles with some dark goals.
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Russia’s exiled opposition has been shaken by allegations surrounding a hammer attack on an ally of Alexei Navalny
Accusations that another Kremlin critic ordered attack on Leonid Volkov throws scattered opposition into further disarray
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NATO fighter jets intercept Russian nuclear bombers
Vladimir Putin deployed two Tu-95MS strategic nuclear missile carriers over Nato waters after accusing Britain of coordinating the incursion into Russia with Ukraine, it has been reported.
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Secret files reveal locations Putin plans to target with nuclear strikes in the UK and beyond
From Hull, to Barrow-in-Furness and Edinburgh – these are just some of the targets Putin has in mind for the launch of nuclear weapons.
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Meet Dmitry Mironov, the enigmatic Putin aide overseeing the Kremlin’s HR department
As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest aides.
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New blood: How the Kremlin’s aggressive ambitions are bringing Ukraine more allies worldwide
At the outset of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv found it difficult to seek military assistance from third countries.
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Money doesn’t stink
Belarusian business in Crimea and Donbas
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Horrified Russian pilot dobs in 30 fellow bombers after strike on children’s hospital
Shortly after the bombing in Kyiv this week - which sent terrified children attached to drips fleeing for their lives - the mystery flier secretly contacted Ukraine’s security service
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Leaks expose Russia’s disinformation campaigns in the West: "Morality and ethics play no part"
The Insider has obtained hacked correspondence from officers of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency (SVR) responsible for “information warfare” with the West.
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