All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Iliya Dimitrov’s largest financial scheme: how oligarchs and Russian authorities help transfer billions to offshore accounts
The scandalously famous businessman Iliya Dimitrov helps major Russian businessmen and officials to funnel money offshore.
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Danish intelligence warns Russia could start a major European war within five years
An updated threat assessment warns of the consequences of a divided NATO and an absent U.S.
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Lukashenko’s hidden circle: The people behind the power
Aleksandr Lukashenko has been ruling Belarus for 30 years and plans to be “re-elected" for a seventh term in 2025. But what do voters really know about the "national leader", apart from what is broadcast by the press service and propaganda?
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Roman Spiridonov and Russia’s shadow fleet: How a businessman with a Greek passport is trading sanctioned oil and leaking schemes to the West?
The is very little information about the Russian entrepreneur with Greek citizenship, Roman Spiridonov. His name is increasingly mentioned in the context of the work of Russia’s shadow fleet and connections with Putin’s entourage.
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Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, claiming it targets the US and ally Israel
Donald Trump has authorised economic and travel sanctions against people who work on International Criminal Court investigations "targeting" US citizens or "close allies" such as Israel.
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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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Russian singer falls to his death from a window after contributing to the Ukrainian army
A well-known Russian musician has become the latest critic of Vladimir Putin to commit suicide by falling from a window after he was accused of donating money to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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NATO scrambles fighter jets to intercept two Russian bombers
Two Norwegian jets rushed to respond after four Russian planes flew dangerously close to NATO airspace yesterday.
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Vladimir Putin revives Soviet-era singing competition to rival Eurovision
Eurovision move out of the way, because Vladimir Putin is set to stage his very own anti-Western international song contest.
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How Russian oligarch Rotenberg manages billions in Ukraine through SoftSwiss via cryptocurrency and gambling
Is Russian billionaire Arkadiy Rotenberg, known as ’Putin’s wallet,’ monopolizing Ukraine’s gambling market through Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?
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Former Tory MP joins Ukraine’s foreign legion to support the fight against Putin
Former deputy chair of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent after volunteering to serve in the Ukrainian military.
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British teenager, 18, killed by Russian drone minutes into first mission on Ukraine frontline
Britsh teen volunteer James Wilton “did not stand a chance” when he was killed by a Russian drone while fighting in Ukraine, his best pal said.
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North Korean soldier shouted ’Kim Jong-un’ before committing suicide on the battlefield
An elite Ukrainian soldier has revealed how North Korean troops are blowing themselves up with grenades to avoid being captured alive.
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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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Dirty schemes, gambling, and divorce: How Vasiliy Melnik is getting rid of his wife—but not his money
Vasiliy Melnik filed a lawsuit in the Riga City Court against his wife Irina, demanding the annulment of the gift and the return of property rights to him.
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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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Donald Trump discloses that mystery drones over the US were authorized by the FAA for research and recreational use
President Donald Trump has said the mysterious drones spotted flying over New Jersey last year are ‘not the enemy’.
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Doomsday Clock moved to 89 seconds to midnight amid nuclear war threats
The apocalyptic clock was first used in 1947 and has been used ever since to examine the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe - and it says humanity is still at great risk.
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Navy mistook ’suspicious pings’ for Russian drones targeting UK nuclear subs, but it turned out to be a farting whale
A farting whale is thought to have sparked fears that Russian drones were targeting UK nuclear subs.
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Belarus exit poll puts Lukashenko on 87.6% of vote in presidential election
Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fair.
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Putin’s motorcade rushes to the Kremlin amid speculation of deal with Trump to end war in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has been recorded making a mad dash to the Kremlin.
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Donald Trump issues ultimatum to Putin over Ukraine war: ’It will only get worse’
US President Donald Trump has threatened Russia with steep tariffs and sanctions if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end soon.
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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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Trump’s Greenland ambitions may spark a new Arctic conflict
In his last press conference before taking office, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his desire to bring Greenland under American control.
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Ryanair flight from UK forced to abort landing at last minute over mysterious GPS ‘jamming’ near Nato border with Russia
Thousands of British holiday flights were believed to have been affected by the same technology.