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The latest news, updates and features on Russian president Vladimir Putin. The former intelligence officer and politician held the role from 2000 to 2008, and again from 2012 onwards. He was previously Russia's prime minister, between 2008 to 2012.

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  1. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Kremlin Poo/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15262123c) Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Russia Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, deliver his report during a face-to-face meeting at the Kremlin, April 19, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. During the meeting Putin informed the general to hold an Easter Sunday ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Russian President Putin Meets With Russia Armed Forces Chief Gerasimov, Moscow, Moscow Oblast - 19 Apr 2025

    Putin flouts his own 30-hour ceasefire 'almost 3,000 times'

    Channel: World World 6 hours ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
  2. Putin's 'Easter truce' comes to end while Zelensky accuses Russia of breaching it
  3. US may 'move on' from Russia-Ukraine peace talks if there's no progress soon
  4. Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine peace efforts 'in days'
  5. Putin's deadly Easter missile onslaught targets cake factory and injures children

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Kremlin Poo/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15262123c) Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Russia Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, deliver his report during a face-to-face meeting at the Kremlin, April 19, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. During the meeting Putin informed the general to hold an Easter Sunday ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Russian President Putin Meets With Russia Armed Forces Chief Gerasimov, Moscow, Moscow Oblast - 19 Apr 2025

Putin flouts his own 30-hour ceasefire 'almost 3,000 times'

Channel: World World 6 hours ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Play Video Ukrainian soldiers receiving Easter gifts and cakes on the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Putin's 'Easter truce' comes to end while Zelensky accuses Russia of breaching it

Channel: World World 16 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS

US may 'move on' from Russia-Ukraine peace talks if there's no progress soon

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Sarah Hooper
Play Video epa12038482 People inspect the site of a rocket attack near a high-rise building in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 18 April 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. At least one person died, and more than 80 others were injured, including six children, according to the State Emergency Service. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV

Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine peace efforts 'in days'

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Brooke Davies
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Putin's deadly Easter missile onslaught targets cake factory and injures children

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Ben Lynch
Play Video Ohio State University football player TreVeyon Henderson, left, holds the top of the team's championship trophy as Vice President JD Vance reaches to catch it's base after it fell off, as President Donald Trump welcomes the 2025 College Football National Champions during an event on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Embarrassing moment JD Vance drops giant trophy during White House presentation

Channel: US US 6 days ago By Josh Milton
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in Arctic expeditions for children organized by Rosatom, in the Arctic Circle port city of Murmansk on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Mystery over why Putin hasn't been seen in public for 10 days

Channel: World World April 11, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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More than 150 Chinese soldiers fighting in Ukraine 'recruited on social media'

Channel: World World April 9, 2025 By Danny Rigg
Flowers and toys left on a swing seat to commemorate victims killed in Russia's missile attack on Friday, at a children play area near the damaged apartment buildings, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo)

Nine children dead after missile strike on playground in Zelensky's hometown

Channel: World World April 5, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video epa12005546 A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine shows Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of a rocket strike in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, 02 April 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured after Russian shelling hit Kryvyi Rih, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration reported. EPA/STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT -- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE -- MANDATORY CREDIT: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Putin ignores Trump's call for peace and strikes Zelensky's hometown again

Channel: World World April 3, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Trump 'angry' and 'pissed off' with Putin in change in rhetoric over Ukraine ceasefire

Channel: World World March 31, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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Putin threatens Trump’s plan to take Greenland

Channel: US US March 31, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, The Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine of the Russian navy arrives at its base of the Northern Fleet in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin launches new submarine equipped with 'unstoppable' Zircon nuclear missiles

Channel: World World March 27, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
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Zelensky eerily predicts ‘Putin will die soon’ fuelling more rumours about his health

Channel: World World March 27, 2025 By Luke Alsford
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Putin is so paranoid about assassination he has people 'searching sewers'

Channel: World World March 26, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Putin flexes muscles in missile test hours after Black Sea ceasefire agreement

Channel: World World March 26, 2025 By Katie Boyden
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Homes belonging to some of Russia's elite destroyed in fire

Channel: World World March 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video Dozens of wounded including at least 14 children as Russia strikes Ukrainian city Sumy as peace talks underway in Saudi Arabia.

Putin missile onslaught injures 74 including children while peace talks unfolded

Channel: World World March 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video 3 killed and 10 injured as Russia launched an overnight drone attack

Putin unleashes mass drone strike on Ukraine, killing 5-year-old

Channel: World World March 23, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Putin crony threatens Prince William with drone strikes 'if he gets into our sights'

Channel: World World March 22, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

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