7 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'consulted shamans' on launching nukes that could start WW3

Russian president Vladimir Putin reportedly sought guidance from shamans on the potential use of nuclear weapons in Mongolia in early September, according to sources

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10 h. ago Putin 'hides his two young sons under fake surname,' says new book

A new bombshell book claims Vladimir Putin has two hidden children with a secret woman – with the sons both under 11 years old never being named or shown to the public

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13 h. ago Minister unveils UK crackdown on Kyrgyz finance to ‘keep pressure on’ Putin

Russian leaders are ‘sorely mistaken’ if they thought they could ‘hide’ their efforts to evade sanctions, Stephen Doughty said.

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14 h. ago Russian allies Belarus and Iran agree to boost bilateral defense ties

Belarus and Iran signed have new agreements to boost bilateral ties in areas including defense

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15 h. ago Russia says it must be part of international talks on Ukraine’s security

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’Russia-Ukraine war – live updatesMoscow has said it must be part of any international talks on Ukraine’s security, as Russia continues to stall on Donald Trump’s push for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that Moscow must be included in any talks on Ukraine’s security guarantees, dismissing European diplomacy as “aggressive escalation” and a “clumsy effort to sway Trump”. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago NATO defense chiefs hold virtual meeting on Ukraine security guarantees

NATO defense chiefs are holding a virtual meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as part of efforts to end Russia's war on its neighbor

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21 h. ago NATO scrambles war planes for second day following devastating attack on Ukraine

The attack on oil and port facilities in Izmail, Odesa, was less than one mile from NATO territory - and has cast major doubt on Vladimir Putin's commitment to securing peace in the region

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29 h. ago Sanction Putin if he won't see Zelensky, says Sir Keir Starmer after Washington DC visit

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday led calls to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table after Europe's unprecedented White House diplomacy put the ball back in the Russian dictator's court.

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29 h. ago Vladimir Putin's bizarre walk could have worrying link to KGB and steroids

Vladimir Putin's walk has changed in recent years and scientists believe they have found the worrying reason why

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30 h. ago Recap: Putin suggests hosting Zelensky peace meeting in Moscow during Trump phone call but offer is swiftly rejected

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet, Donald Trump has said after a White House summit with European leaders aimed at bringing an end to the Ukraine war.

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32 h. ago Alaska man gifted $22,000 motorcycle by Russian government after viral interview

An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage

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33 h. ago Vladimir Putin brought a 'super cool' motorbike to his summit with Trump and gave it to me: 'I'm dumbfounded'

As publicity stunts go it was perhaps the most bizarre Putin has ever performed

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36 h. ago Vladimir Putin AGREES to Volodymyr Zelensky meeting, says Trump administration

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Donald Trump administration

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36 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Zelenskyy: Ukraine deserves better than 'better than we feared' | Editorial

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the US president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?The verdict on Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday depends entirely upon the metric used. The great fear was that this might prove a disaster along the lines of the US president’s dressing down of the Ukrainian leader in February – a scenario so plausible that Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and other key European leaders dropped everything to dash to the White House themselves in support.Following his red carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Mr Trump reportedly backed the idea that Ukraine should hand over the Donbas to achieve a peace deal. Even if one were naive enough to think that the Kremlin would see that as an end to conflict, rather than a staging post for a later offensive, it would not be a “land swap” but a land grab that Ukraine – for go...

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37 h. ago Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine? – podcast

Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth discussArchive: CNBC, AFP News Agency, Fox News, Steve Bannon’s War Room, PBS NewsHour, Sky News, NBC News Continue reading...

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37 h. ago There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney Blumenthal

The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurdAll the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting in Alaska. Flattering, coddling and petting the big baby appeared to have been in vain. Before the 15 August summit, the Europeans persuaded Trump to impose new sanctions if Putin would not agree to a ceasefire, which would serve as a prerequisite for any negotiations. But Trump willfully tossed policy like a stuffed animal out of the window of “the Beast,” the presidential car as he eagerly invited Putin to join him for a triumphant chariot ride.The Europeans scrambled once again, trying to get the addled Trump back on the page he was on before the summit. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sped to Washington to confer with Trump to try to pick up the pieces. At their last encounter, Trump jibed: “You don’t have any ...

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37 h. ago Vladimir Putin blitzes Ukraine as Trump and Zelensky talk at White House

The Russian president has not stopped with his bombardment of Ukraine despite the world's focus being on hopes of peace following two major summits in recent days

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38 h. ago Putin 'seduced girl, 17, who posed in erotic calendar as gift to him', claims book

A new book called 'The Tsar in Person – How Vladimir Putin Fooled Us All’ claims the Russian despot not only used his authority to seduce a 17-year-old, but he used the state to pay for romances

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40 h. ago UK preparing to send troops to Ukraine as part of ‘reassurance force’ if peace deal is struck

It comes after Donald Trump said he had spoken directly with Vladimir Putin to begin planning a meeting between the Russian leader and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky

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40 h. ago Sinister reason Vladimir Putin walked with one arm by his side when meeting Trump

The Russian leader was in Alaska to attend a peace talks summit with the US President, though discussions failed to provide any concrete results.

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