Putin’s show of strength to Biden: Russian forces hunt ‘enemy’ submarine in Pacific Ocean drills

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put on a show of force with the largest naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War ahead of a meeting with the US President next week.   At least 20 ships, submarines, and support vessels, flanked by 20 fighter jets, took part in the large-scale … Read more

Putin’s threat to West: How Russia has surrounded Ukraine’s border with troops, tanks and missiles

Russia has surrounded Ukraine’s border with tanks, missiles and thousands of men as it threatens ‘full-scale combat operations.’ The United States is to dispatch two warships to the Black Sea next week in response to Vladimir Putin’s colossal build-up of military hardware close to the front.  Footage has emerged of tanks, missile trucks and howitzers … Read more

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear tsunami | Daily Mail Online

The notion is horrendous to contemplate.  A nuclear torpedo drone creeps along the ocean floor, slipping under coastal missile defences and detonating with catastrophic effect close to New York. A vast wall of water rises from the sea, tearing through the city, obliterating all in its wake and leaving the area flooded with toxic radioactivity. … Read more

Putin’s critic Navalny vows to continue hunger strike as TB sweeps through penal colony

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has vowed to continue a hunger strike despite suffering from a heavy cough and fever as he claimed inmates in his Russian prison ward were being treated in hospital for tuberculosis. Vladimir Putin‘s biggest opponent, 44, has vowed to continue a hunger strike he launched last week demanding adequate medical treatment … Read more

Dominic Raab calls on Nato to stand up to Putin’s growing military threat

Dominic Raab calls on Nato to stand up to Putin’s growing military threat and ‘destabilising’ cyber attacks – and urge members to allow nations facing Russian aggression to join alliance Dominic Raab warned democracies are ‘under threat from authoritarian powers’ In a swipe at Russia, he warned of ‘cyber threats and malicious new technology’ Nato … Read more

Alexei Navalny: Thousands of Russians register to protest for release of Putin’s foe

Tens of thousands of Russians register to protest for the release of Putin foe Alexei Navalny hours after allies called for mass street demonstrations Alexei Navalny’s allies asked Russians to sign up to protest on an interactive map They will set a date when the number of people registered exceeds  500,000 Navalny is serving a … Read more

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and their publisher over Putin’s People book

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and her publisher over Putin’s People book which he says includes ‘false or misleading’ claims surrounding his takeover of the club Roman Abramovich has publicly confirmed he will take legal proceedings He is suing an author and their publisher over the book entitled Putin’s People The book includes comments that … Read more

Is this Putin’s secret daughter? The tantalising clues

They are two teenagers just fooling around in a series of homemade social media videos. The girl is slim with long, pale, brown hair and a pretty face that is strangely familiar. The boy is dark-haired, good-looking and wears a Mona Lisa T-shirt. In one sequence they dance, pose and pout to Vibe by the … Read more

Alexandra Tolstoy whose oligarch ex was known as ‘Putin’s banker’ shows off her Oxfordshire home

Countess Alexandra Tolstoy has offered a glimpse inside her cosy Oxfordshire cottage where she is spending lockdown – months after she was ‘evicted’ from the London home owned by her Russian billionaire ex.  The aristocratic beauty, who shares children Aliosha, Ivan and Maria with financier Sergei Pugachev, has swapped city life for quieter days filled … Read more

Putin’s childhood friend oligarch takes the heat by claiming HE is owner of £1bn Black Sea palace

A leading Russian oligarch has today taken the heat by claiming that he is the owner of a notorious £1billion Black Sea palace, not Vladimir Putin. The statement from Arkady Rotenberg – Putin’s ex-judo sparring partner and childhood friend – comes after the Russian president faced mockery over the residence decked out with a pole-dancing … Read more