The Russian government has approved a three-day voting window for its presidential elections in 2024. Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Russia Central Election Commission, said that although the extended election window was originally conceived as a pandemic accommodation in 2020, its “other benefits”
The successor of sitting Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very similar to him politically, the Kremlin suggests. Putin, 71, is facing a new election cycle leading up to 2024, and has indicated he intends to stand for re-election. However, his eventual
The Kremlin’s spokesperson tried once again on Saturday to dispel the insistent rumours regarding Vladimir Putin’s reported use of body doubles. Upon delivering a speech at a new national exhibition in Russia, Dmitry Peskov appeared keen to stress there is only one
The Russian government is relaxing its quarantine requirements to meet with President Vladimir Putin as presidential elections approach. Individuals who wish to meet with Putin in person are required to quarantine for a period of time before their interaction. The Kremlin announced
Vladimir Putin is facing the prospect of having to crack down on another mutiny as growing numbers of soldiers refuse to obey orders from their commanders, an independent Russian news source has claimed. Russian-language Telegram Channel Astra alleged families of Russian soldiers
The Kremlin was forced to issue a firm denial of reports suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin had passed away at his Valdai residence north of Moscow. The claims were initially circulated by a Telegram channel named General SVR, which has long
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, dismissed reports Vladimir Putin is suffering from ill health. Mr Peskov claimed the Russian President is fit and well, and dismissed as an “absurde hoax” suggestions that the president was using body doubles. We’ll be bringing you
The end of Vladimir Putin’s tenure will spark chaos in the Kremlin, a former Russian state television pundit has claimed. Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Middle East Institute in Moscow, claimed in a recent video the “opportunity of collapse” will come as
Vladimir Putin is alleged to have suffered a “cardiac arrest” in his private Moscow apartment on Sunday evening. A Telegram Channel believed to be run by a former Kremlin insider reported that incident saying the Russian leader was found by guards on
A key Kremlin and Vladimir Putin ally has warned the threat of using nuclear weapons is becoming “increasingly uncontested” after claiming an “attack drone” fell near her home. Margarita Simonyan editor-in-chief of RT state-controlled television channel Russia Today (RT), is the latest