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The latest news, updates and features on Russian president Vladimir Putin. The former intelligence officer and politician held the role from 2000 to 2008, and again from 2012 onwards. He was previously Russia's prime minister, between 2008 to 2012.

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  1. Vladimir Putin isn't negotiating with Donald Trump - he's laughing at him

    Channel: World World March 19, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
  2. Putin is so paranoid about assassination he has people 'searching sewers'
  3. Putin flexes muscles in missile test hours after Black Sea ceasefire agreement
  4. Putin crony threatens Prince William with drone strikes 'if he gets into our sights'
  5. Putin missile onslaught injures 74 including children while peace talks unfolded

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Putin is so paranoid about assassination he has people 'searching sewers'

Channel: World World 9 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
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Putin flexes muscles in missile test hours after Black Sea ceasefire agreement

Channel: World World 11 hours ago By Katie Boyden
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Homes belonging to some of Russia's elite destroyed in fire

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Luke Alsford
Play Video Dozens of wounded including at least 14 children as Russia strikes Ukrainian city Sumy as peace talks underway in Saudi Arabia.

Putin missile onslaught injures 74 including children while peace talks unfolded

Channel: World World 2 days ago By Luke Alsford
Play Video 3 killed and 10 injured as Russia launched an overnight drone attack

Putin unleashes mass drone strike on Ukraine, killing 5-year-old

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Luke Alsford

Putin crony threatens Prince William with drone strikes 'if he gets into our sights'

Channel: World World 5 days ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Starmer sends stern warning saying Putin is ‘certain’ to break peace conditions

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago By Brooke Davies

Vladimir Putin isn't negotiating with Donald Trump - he's laughing at him

Channel: World World March 19, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017 and a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 12, 2025, showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking during a phone call with the US president while sitting at his office in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on March 20, 2025 against heeding a Kremlin call to halt military aid for his country and announced he would speak with US President Donald Trump later within hours. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM and Handout / various sources / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMMHANDOUT/AFP/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hints at taking Ukraine's nuclear power and electrical sites in Zelensky call

Channel: World World March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Nina Ostanina and Evgeny Rudenko

Putin crony tells Russian women to 'wear mini-skirts' to stop population decline

Channel: World World March 18, 2025 By Ben Lynch
Ukrainian service personnel use searchlights as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia strikes energy plant hours after Putin and Trump agree 'pause' in attacks

Channel: World World 7 days ago By Jessica Kwong
Play Video Uncleared grabs of Ukrainian airstrike destroying a Russian supply bridge in Kherson, credit: Twitter Matt

Major blow for Putin after airstrike destroys key supply bridge

Channel: World World March 16, 2025 By Katie Boyden
Play Video A Ukrainian subsonic cruise missile R-360 Neptune.

Zelensky reveals new Neptune missile capable of hitting Moscow is ready

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Danny Rigg
Play Video LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference following this morning's virtual summit video conference at 10 Downing Street on March 15, 2025 in London, England. The call with European and world leaders was held to discuss the future of a peace plan in Ukraine. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer warns Putin 'the world is watching' over peace deal

Channel: UK UK March 15, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Play Video Sniper kills from 2km away

Elite sniper nicknamed 'Lektor' kills Russian soldier from 2,000m away

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

Russian anti-war activists reveal what it's like being 'de facto stateless'

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Putin in military outfit

Russians think Putin sent a body double dressed in military gear to frontline

Channel: World World March 14, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video KHERSON, UKRAINE - MARCH 13: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'KHERSON REGIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF UKRAINE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS---- ) A view of damage at the residential area following a Russian shelling in Kherson, Ukraine on March 13, 2025. The attack caused severe damage to private properties. (Photo by Kherson Regional Military Administration/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump says he told Putin to spare Ukraine troops from 'massacre not seen since WWII'

Channel: US US March 14, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Russia rocked by another drone onslaught close to Putin’s £1,000,000,000 palace

Channel: World World March 14, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video epa11958504 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 12 March 2025. President Zelensky informed journalists about the results of the US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA/STRINGER

Zelensky claims Putin is preparing to refuse ceasefire but is 'afraid to tell Trump'

Channel: World World March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

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