Russian multi-millionaire’s daughter, 19, dies after plunging from window of Moscow high rise flat as her Kremlin-linked father slams claims of ‘criminal’ link to her death Daughter of a Kremlin-linked millionaire fell to her death from Moscow high rise Valeria Shpilenko’s body was found on Thursday, the day after her 19th birthday Her father Andrey Shpilenko was forced … Read more
Moscow on Saturday began vaccinating workers at high risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus at newly opened clinics across the city. Health officials said they had opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centres in the Russian capital that would initially offer jabs for health, education and social workers. The Russian vaccine being used – Sputnik V … Read more
Pip-squeak! Pomeranian squeezes through a TINY gap between the wall and a cabinet A black Pomeranian Spitz was filmed squeezing through a tiny gap on Friday Owners chuckled as the small dog made its way into the cavity behind a cabinet The dog’s fur gave way to reveal its tiny stature at its home in … Read more
Vladimir Putin ‘will quit as Russian President in January amid fears he has Parkinson’s disease’, Moscow sources claim Putin, 68, is being urged to quit by his former gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 37 Recent footage of Putin’s legs swinging as he clutched a chair raised eyebrows Russian president’s odd ‘gunslinger’s gait’ has been noted by … Read more
Girl, six, and her baby brother somersault down escalator after the big sister tried to push pram onto moving stairs while their mother was shopping at Russian mall The family were shopping in a Moscow mall when the horror accident took place The mother was trying on clothes and told her children to wait outside … Read more
Russia will withdraw from consultations with the Netherlands and Australia over the MH17 flight shot down over Ukraine in 2014, complaining of ‘vicious’ attempts to pin blame on Moscow. ‘Hostile acts by the Netherlands have made any continuation of the trilateral consultations and our participation senseless,’ Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. … Read more
Arise, Lord Lebedev of Moscow! (All he needs now is for the Kremlin to sign off the title) Evgeny Lebedev was awarded a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the summer Newspaper publisher flummoxed peers by requesting to have ‘Moscow’ in title Before Lebedev can take his place at the Lords, Kremlin has to sign … Read more
Russian car lovers donned vintage outfits to flock the streets of Moscow and mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of the popular Lada car yesterday. Gathering for the Gorkyclassic GUM Rally, the vintage vehicle enthusiasts celebrated the creation of one of their countries most well-known and trusted cars, with models dating back to the … Read more
Putin critic is badly beaten outside his home in Moscow a week after Alexei Navalny was poisoned on a flight from Siberia Yegor Zhukov, was badly beaten by ‘two thugs on scooters’ near Moscow home The 22-year-old is a critic of Putin previously convicted on extremism charges It comes 10 days after fellow Putin critic … Read more
The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee’s final Russia report lays out new claims about Donald Trump‘s ‘relationships with women in Moscow’ – including new allegations about a ‘tape’ of the future president in a luxury hotel elevator. The explosive 1,000 page report caps off a multi-year investigation where investigators concluded that Russia sought to influence the 2016 … Read more