He said that Russia’s military is “always ready” but admitted the country is in a “difficult period.” Putin also used his speech to rail against the West and bolster public support in Russia for the war in Ukraine. He said: “Today we
Vladimir Putin has been skewered for his perceived hypocrisy on the day Russia stages a massive parade to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Victory Day, celebrated in Russia on May 9, marks the day of the signing
World War 3 fears have erupted with the Head of the British Armed Forces warning of “long-simmering tensions coming to the boil” as he identified three huge threats. Adml Sir Tony Radakin, the Chief of the Defence Staff, branded North Korea “belligerent”,
Russia has unveiled plans to build a nuclear power station on the surface of the Moon, in partnership with China. Yury Borisov, director general of Russian space agency Roscosmos said Moscow and Beijing had already begun construction on the project, which he
Patriarch Kirill compared Putin to the medieval prince Alexander Nevsky, saying he “did not spare his enemies, but he became famous as a saint.” The religious leader added: “The head of state must sometimes make fateful and formidable decisions. And if such
Britain is to invest almost £200million on Europe’s first advanced nuclear fuel facility not reliant on Russia, Rishi Sunak vowed to “prise Putin’s blood-soaked hands off Europe’s energy market”. The Prime Minister’s bullish remarks came as his Government confirmed it was awarding
She says he vacillated through multiple states during the heavily choreographed performance, during which he was pictured in his office looking at his papers before walking along the Kremlin’s long corridors, pausing at one point to look at a painting, on the
Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fifth term in office earlier today, and he is set to kick it off with a significant cabinet reshuffle. He is now the longest-serving Russian leader since Josef Stalin as he has been in power
Russian President Vladimir Putin cut out the heart of a deer and gave it to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, it has been claimed. A close ally of Berlusconi, who died in June last year, said the incident happened in 2013
Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Ministry of Defence to carry out exercises on the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons – or tactical nukes – as tensions between Moscow and NATO explode. Russian media quoted the Ministry as stating: “On instructions from