Alexei Navalny has boarded a plane bound for Moscow, despite Russian authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin‘s most prominent critics, was flown to Berlin in August for emergency medical treatment after being poisoned with what German tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent. … Read more
Russian TV bosses will be ‘punished’ after Putin’s New Year message was screened with half his head cut off – despite insisting it was a technical glitch and not a political protest Kaliningrad-based TV station blamed a ‘technical glitch’ for the ropey broadcast It showed Putin’s annual speech with half of the president’s head out … Read more
Putin passes new laws enabling Russia to block US social networking sites that ‘discriminate’ against the country and levy hefty fines Package of reforms was passed by Russia’s parliament and signed off by Putin It includes measures allowing Russia to restrict access to ‘discriminatory’ sites Push to increase online ‘sovereignty’ has sparked fears of China-style … Read more
Russia is set to launch TikTok rival developed by Putin’s daughter’s company Russia’s largest media holding company Gazprom-Media will launch the app The app was developed with Innopraktika foundation, an organisation run by President Vladimir Putin’s younger daughter Katerina Tikhonova, 34 The app will provide Russian bloggers a new video service, similar to TikTok By … Read more
Vladimir Putin has given his personal backing to the Russian intelligence agency accused of launching a massive cyberattack against the US government. The Kremlin leader appeared at the headquarters of the SVR, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, to mark its 100th anniversary on Sunday. While not referring to hacking, Putin lauded the work of intelligence agents … Read more
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
Putin finally congratulates Joe Biden on his election victory and says he is ‘ready for interaction’ with the president-elect after the Kremlin said he would wait for the official result Putin was one of the last world leaders who had not acknowledged Biden’s win He finally congratulated Biden after the electoral college confirmed the results … Read more
Russia ‘tried to assassinate opposition leader Alexander Navalny with Novichok nerve agent a second time’ after he survived Siberia attack German sources have claimed Navalny was given a second dose while in a coma Navalny fell ill on flight to Moscow in August and brought to Berlin for treatment Later revealed that military labs had … Read more
A soldier who won a beauty contest in Russia‘s National Guard has claimed ‘envy’ is behind her axing from the service which is under Vladimir Putin‘s direct command. Mother-of-one Anna Khramtsova, 32, beat more than one thousand entrants to win the national contest last year. But now she has been fired ostensibly for posting a … Read more
Putin practices for nuclear war: Russia launches missiles from submarines, underground silos and aircraft in major strategic drill Russia’s full nuclear triad demonstrated in footage shared by Russian military The strategic drill was reportedly under President Vladimir Putin’s command Exercises included a missile fired from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea Several long-range cruise missiles were … Read more