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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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Dad of British man killed on downed MH17 recalls final goodbye at the airport

Channel: UK UK February 11, 2025 By Josh Layton
Play Video Putin ?preparing in near future to hand over power to bodyguard who saved him from brown bear?

Putin preparing to name bodyguard who 'saved him from being eaten by a bear' as successor

Channel: World World February 7, 2025 By Tom Sanders
Russia using donkeys on the front lineuse of DONKEYS by the Russian Armed Forces as pack transport

Putin's troops are getting so desperate they're using donkeys to supply ammo

Channel: World World February 7, 2025 By Jasper King
Caption: Inside the British spy plane that a Russian fighter pilot tried to shoot down credit: Channel 4 / Metro

Inside the British spy plane that a Russian fighter pilot tried to shoot down

Channel: UK UK February 13, 2025 By Josh Layton
Play Video Russia's Manizha performs during the final of the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, at the Ahoy convention centre in Rotterdam, on May 22, 2021. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin launches anti-West singing competition to rival Eurovision

Channel: World World February 5, 2025 By Jasper King
Two RAF jets warned 'you will be destroyed' by Putin's forces in tense encounter

Two RAF jets warned 'you will be destroyed' by Putin's forces in tense encounter

Channel: UK UK February 4, 2025 By Josh Layton

North Korean soldier shouted ‘Kim Jong-un’ before blowing himself up on battlefield

Channel: UK UK January 31, 2025 By Josh Layton
Mandatory Credit: Photo by U S National Guard/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14420581a) Trenton, New Jersey, USA - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Robert Wittig, left, closes the helmet on Senior Airman Russell J. Bongiovanni's EOD-10E bomb suit, both explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, during the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosives Characterization, Exploitation, and Mitigation Course JCCEM at the CURE Insurance Arena with FBI; New Jersey State Police, and members of the Delaware and Idaho WMD-CSTs were trained by the Eniwetok Group, LLC (EGL). Joint Agency Turnout For CST training, Trenton, New Jersey, USA - 27 Mar 2024

Nuclear incident 'training exercise' taking place in the US this week

Channel: US US January 30, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video A staffer shows the location of the minute hand shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces the latest decision on the "Doomsday Clock" minute hand, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the National Press Club Broadcast Center, in Washington. This year, Jan. 2024, the clock will remain set to 90 seconds to midnight. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight in latest Armageddon prediction

Channel: World World January 28, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Intelligence expert?s ominous warning over West?s shadow war with Russia

Intelligence expert’s ominous warning over West’s shadow war with Russia

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2025 By Josh Layton
Play Video Russian president Vladimir Putin alongside an image of his motorcade making a late night dash to the Kremlin

Mystery surrounds why Putin had a very late dash to the Kremlin

Channel: World World January 24, 2025 By Oliver Jones
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Police officers and a wounded resident evacuate an elderly woman from an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Trump warns Putin to 'stop this ridiculous war now'

Channel: World World January 23, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Russian spy ship spotted 'loitering over UK's critical undersea infrastructure'

Channel: Politics Politics January 23, 2025 By Craig Munro
A Russian source claimed three armed North Korean soldiers were on the run after killing five Russian marines in Kursk region

Hunt for three North Korean soldiers who 'shot dead' five Russians on the battlefield

Channel: World World January 22, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump issues warning to Putin hours after taking office

Channel: US US January 21, 2025 By Jasper King
(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin leave at the end of a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. US President-elect Donald Trump suggested November 7, 2024 that he would likely speak with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, NBC News reported, after the Republican was swept to victory in the US presidential election. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP) (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin congratulates Donald Trump and says he's 'open to dialogue' about war

Channel: US US January 20, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Donald Trump is a wannabe dictator and the UK should treat him as such

Channel: US US January 20, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana

Putin's secret hideout where he 'bathes in animal blood' to prolong his life

Channel: World World January 18, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Russia's shadow fleet of tankers threaten ‘catastrophic disaster’ off UK coast

Channel: World World January 17, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Metro cartoonist Guy Venables scoops award for his witty sketches

Channel: UK UK January 17, 2025 By Liam Coleman

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