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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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Who are the Syrian rebels and what are they fighting for?

Channel: World World December 9, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Zelensky hints at ending war with parts of Ukraine still in Putin's hands

Channel: World World November 30, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Putin says Trump is ‘not safe now’ from more assassination attempts

Channel: US US November 30, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
Male Hacker Working On The Laptop And Computer

Russian hackers steal and leak hundreds of UK’s top defence passwords on dark web

Channel: World World November 29, 2024 By Oliver Jones
Ksenia Maximova is helping Russians flee Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine (Picture Josh LaytonMetro.co.ukKsenia Maximova@ksenia_maximova_)

Ex-Russian supermodel and Putin critic reveals she's on Kremlin's hitlist

Channel: UK UK November 29, 2024 By Josh Layton

Putin closes airspace for three days above ‘unstoppable’ missile test site

Channel: World World November 27, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
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Germany braces for World War III ordering expansion of bomb shelters

Channel: World World November 26, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko accuses Joe Rogan of 'repeating Russian propaganda'

Channel: Boxing Boxing November 25, 2024 By Chris Davie
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address in Moscow, Russia

Is Putin's video address about 'unstoppable' missiles deepfake?

Channel: World World November 23, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
Caption: Marina Litvinenko (Picture: Susannah Ireland/Reuters/AP)

'Putin is waging psychological warfare on UK in his game of who blinks first'

Channel: UK UK February 27, 2025 By Josh Layton
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Astonishing moment Putin's hypersonic missile pierces through sky during Ukraine onslaught

Channel: World World November 21, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Step-by-step guide to surviving a nuclear attack and what happens after

Channel: UK UK November 21, 2024 By Luke Alsford
Caption: Russian hitman among fugitives after 'absolutely ruthless' UK killing credit: getty / pa / reuters

Russian hitman carried out 'ruthless killing' in UK and slipped away undetected

Channel: UK UK November 20, 2024 By Josh Layton
Emergency personnel walk into radiation-resistant mobile bomb shelters in Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia February 10, 2023. Russian Scientific Research Institute for Civil Defence and Emergencies of EMERCOM/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

Putin reappears in Moscow while Russia starts building £300,000 nuclear bunkers

Channel: World World November 20, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Map reveals likely US targets on Putin’s WWIII nuclear hit list

Channel: US US November 20, 2024 By Steve Charnock
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, servicemen of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fire 2s5 self-propelled 152mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)

Putin 'prepared to discuss Ukraine ceasefire' with Trump

Channel: World World November 20, 2024 By Brooke Davies

Map shows 'devastating' scale of Russia's latest missile onslaught on Ukraine

Channel: World World November 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

How close are we to WWIII after US allows use of missiles to strike inside Russia?

Channel: UK UK November 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy shaking hands.

Russia gives two word nickname to Joe Biden after his missile U-turn

Channel: World World November 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
A couple comforts each other while looking at the fire in a residential building after the attack of Russian drones in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Russia's secret weapon so powerful it can crush eyeballs and tear through walls

Channel: World World November 17, 2024 By Oliver Jones