Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is underway with reports of explosions and gunfire heard in Kyiv and other cities in the country while Vladimir Putin has announced he has launched a special military operation in the separatist east of Ukraine.

Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich is reported to have been effectively barred from living in Britain ever again.

Russia is planning to send its troops into Ukraine by mid-week, an intelligence report has claimed.

HarperCollins has settled a libel dispute with Russian businessman Roman Abramovich over a book about Vladimir Putin by agreeing to amend certain passages relating to the reasons for buying Chelsea Football Club.

Vladimir Putin’s ‘lover’ has spoken publicly for the first time in two years after vanishing amid rumours she’d given birth to his ‘twins’.

Vladimir Putin moved a step closer to becoming ‘president for life’ today as Russian MPs approved a law that would let him stay in power until 2036.

Nearly 1,400 people were detained in Russia during Tuesday’s protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, rights monitors say. In Moscow, riot police were filmed beating demonstrators with batons. Mr Navalny, 44, was earlier jailed for three-and-a-half years for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence. He says the case was fabricated. He returned to Russia in January …

More than 1000 people have been detained at rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia, a monitoring group says. In Moscow police have closed metro stations and are restricting movement in the city centre. About 140 people have been detained there. Mr Navalny was jailed on his return to Russia after recovering from an attempt to …

Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg says he is the owner of an opulent Black Sea mansion, not President Vladimir Putin, as the leaders’ critics had alleged.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that an opulent Black Sea palace jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has accused him of owning did not belong to him or his family.