All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Daisy Cooper calls for assessment of threat posed by Elon Musk funding Tommy Robinson
The Liberal Democrats have called for national security services to “assess the threat” that Elon Musk poses to British democracy, after Tommy Robinson claimed that the billionaire was paying his legal costs.
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Former PM Johnson blames Sunak and Cameron for immigration rise
Angry Boris Johnson has defended himself against claims that he was responsible for a big rise in immigration.
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Trump threatens to arm Ukraine with Tomahawks unless Putin ends war
Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not end its war soon.
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Johnson’s £1m backer joined him for meetings with Zelenskyy in Kyiv
As he boarded the night train to Ukraine, Boris Johnson had his usual entourage of aides and bodyguards—plus the man who had donated £1 million to him.
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As war drains Russia’s budget, Putin’s luxury wine empire quietly flourishes
While Russia faces mounting military losses and economic strain, Vladimir Putin’s personal wine business near his Black Sea palace is thriving.
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Nathan Gill’s bribery plea exposes Russian money reaching Farage’s inner circle
On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight counts of bribery for accepting payments for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament both on television and in public forums.
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Russia recruits Arab fighters with promises, then sends them to Ukraine frontlines
The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russia’s side in “the special military operation zone” — i.e. the war in Ukraine — and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land.
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Macron links Russia’s shadow fleet to war financing as France detains oil ship off Atlantic coast
The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.
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Russian president dismisses NATO attack fears as “nonsense”
Vladimir Putin has vowed to quickly retaliate against Europe’s “escalating militarization,” while dismissing as “nonsense” western fears that Moscow plans to attack NATO.
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Putin “knows he cannot win” as US envoy backs tougher NATO stance
Russian President Vladimir Putin “in his heart of hearts” realises he cannot win the war in Ukraine, according to US special envoy Keith Kellogg. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Kellogg said the conflict was “unwinnable” for Moscow in the long term and that Ukraine was making steady progress in undermining Russia’s ability to sustain it.
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Putin summons tens of thousands for military duty, sparking worries about deployment
Vladimir Putin has enlisted over 100,000 Russian men for military service, marking the largest autumn conscription since 2016.
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MI5 veteran: UK ‘already at war’ with Russia
The former head of MI5 has warned that we may be ’already at war with Russia’ as Vladimir Putin launched a brutal 12-hour bombardment of Kyiv.
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NATO’s eastern flank prepares high-tech drone defence amid hybrid war threats
Europe is preparing to construct a massive defence layer called the "drone wall" to deter Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power for over three days amid Ukraine war
External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for more than three days, a record outage that has prompted safety concerns over the six-reactor site on the frontline of the Ukraine war.
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NORAD scrambles nine aircraft after detecting Russian Tu-95s and Su-35s in Alaska ADIZ
US fighter jets have been scrambled to intercept Vladimir Putin’s warplanes near Alaska amid growing concern from NATO allies about Russian intrusions.
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Trump’s Ukraine stance swings 180 degrees amid ongoing war
The head-spinning twists emerge so frequently in US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy, they have become mundane.
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German jets dispatched after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea
Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian planes violated its airspace.
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No signs of negotiation: MI6 warns Russian president not seeking truce
British spy chief Sir Richard Moore has warned there is "absolutely no evidence" Vladimir Putin wants to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.
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MPs warn UK undersea cables exposed to Russian sabotage risk
MPs and peers have warned they are "not confident" the UK could protect its undersea cables from attacks that could cause "catastrophic disruption" to crucial financial and communications systems.
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Europe pushes partnership with India despite rift on Ukraine war
The EU has called for closer ties with India, while admitting there was no “mutual understanding” with Narendra Modi’s government over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Fugitive tech boss and alleged Russian spymaster Jan Marsalek spotted in Moscow
A fugitive tech boss turned Russian spymaster has been found in Moscow.
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Declassified FBI files reveal new bribery allegations involving Joe and Hunter Biden
Newly declassified FBI files released Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley reveal more bribery allegations involving former President Joe Biden and ex-first son Hunter Biden that may have never been fully investigated.
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Donald Trump accused of blinding US to Russia threat with campaign against CIA
The campaign of revenge by Donald Trump against CIA officials is "blinding" the US to the threat posed by Russia, former intelligence officers have warned.
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Putin’s drones entered Poland ’on a DIRECT path to a NATO base supplying Ukraine’ as fears of WW3 simmer
Five of the drones were on a "direct path" to the base in a move Volodymyr Zelensky said was aimed at slowing supplies of air defences to Ukraine ahead of winter.
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Poland invokes Article 4 after Russian drones shot down over its territory
Defense secretary John Healey has asked UK armed forces “to look at options to bolster Nato’s air defence over Poland” following a Russian drone attack overnight.