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Vladimir Putin

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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Jude Law 'hesitatingly' confirms he's set to play Putin in new film

Channel: Film Film January 11, 2025 By Laura Harman
Caption: Putin's forces 'burning faces of dead North Korean soldiers' Credit: 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade Polissia

North Korean soldier's final diary entries before dying in Putin's meat-grinder

Channel: UK UK January 9, 2025 By Josh Layton

The special forces eliminating Putin's troops before they realise what's happened

Channel: UK UK January 8, 2025 By Josh Layton

Mum raped 15 times by Putin's soldiers before they filed her teeth down to nubs

Channel: World World January 5, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of captives in massive prisoner exchange

Channel: World World December 30, 2024 By Lucia Botfield
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Rare footage of Putin addressing Russia after first election 25 years ago

Channel: World World December 30, 2024 By Katie Boyden
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'LGBTQ+ travel operator' found dead weeks after Putin declared it an 'extremist group'

Channel: World World January 10, 2025 By Josh Milton
Play Video The English speaking Santa before and after he was shot down by an Russian anti-aircraft missile

Russia 'shoots down Santa' in viral video days after alleged involvement in crash

Channel: World World December 28, 2024 By Oliver Jones
Putin during the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting at the Igora resort

Putin open to peace talks with Ukraine 'if it comes to that'

Channel: World World December 27, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
The bunker was built as an observation post in the event of a nuclear attack

'Piece of history' hidden in plain sight for 70 years uncovered in Norfolk field

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2024 By Oliver Jones
Play Video The explosion in the Russian Arctic

Mystery explosions rock area near Putin's Arctic weapons testing site

Channel: World World December 20, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
(FILES) Ukrainian-born ballet dancer and actor Sergei Polunin, 29-years-old, shows his tattoos, the one depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other featuring the Ukrainian national trident symbol, during an interview with AFP in Moscow on February 14, 2019. Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced on December 18, 2024 that he plans to leave Russia. The Ukrainian-Russian dancer was one of the most prominent stars who backed Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and military offensive in Ukraine. He was rewarded with prestigious state posts. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Ballet dancer with Putin tattoos says he's leaving Russia for his 'soul'

Channel: World World December 19, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Protester hold 'Solidarity with the Russian Women - Stop Domestic Violence!' signs as people gather in front of the Russian Consulate General in Krakow

TikTok videos about Russian men's chivalry hide domestic abuse problem

Channel: World World December 19, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Putin's forces 'burning faces of dead North Korean soldiers' to hide their presence

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Josh Layton

Moment North Korean soldier sent into Putin's meat grinder peers up at hovering drone

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Josh Layton
The scene of the explosion where the high-ranking general and his assistant were killed in Moscow

Russia detains man, 29, over assassination of top general with e-scooter bomb

Channel: World World December 18, 2024 By Sam Corbishley
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What is the 'earthquake bomb' Israel dropped on Syria causing huge explosion?

Channel: World World December 16, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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American boxer who battled Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury now fights for Putin and Russia

Channel: Boxing Boxing December 13, 2024 By Tony Mogan
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group

Who controls Syria now? The rebel fighters who toppled a 'tyrant'

Channel: World World December 9, 2024 By Alice Murphy
British soldier, 27, on Putin's hitlist says it is a 'badge of honour'

British soldier, 27, on Putin's hitlist says it is a 'badge of honour'

Channel: UK UK December 6, 2024 By Josh Layton

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