The nondescript cafe is where Alexei Navalny, the main opposition leader and Putin’s most vociferous critic, sipped a cup of tea before boarding a flight back to Moscow yesterday Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in remote Siberia, rarely makes headlines in Russia – let alone around the world. Not any more. For the Vienna … Read more
Leading Putin foe Alexei Navalny ‘is poisoned’ and rushed unconscious from plane in a ‘grave’ condition after ‘toxin was poured into his tea’ By Will Stewart In Moscow for MailOnline Published: 07:25 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 07:28 BST, 20 August 2020 Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin‘s arch-rival and critics, has been rushed to hospital … Read more
The explosive Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday contains images of correspondence between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where the future president seeks to ingratiate himself with the Russian strongman and touts the ‘beautiful women’ at the Miss Universe pageant. The images contain hand-written all-caps inscriptions in Trump’s familiar hand, at a time when the … Read more
Rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics will NOT take place unless a vaccine is found, warns Japanese researcher Japanese vaccine researcher Yoshiharu Matsuura said they might be cancelled He is part of a team with a vaccine in the pre-clinical stages of development Sporting event will be cancelled if it isn’t held by summer 2021 at the … Read more
Vladimir Putin‘s coronavirus vaccine was waved through after tests on only 38 people and causes side-effects including pain and swelling, according to official paperwork. The much-trumpeted Russian drug was registered after just 42 days of research, Fontanka news agency says – and its effectiveness is said to be ‘unknown’. One of the documents submitted for … Read more
Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’: Activists are sentenced to up to seven years in a penal colony in case which has sparked protests and accusations police have overstepped their powers Ruslan Kostylenkov, Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov were sentenced In 2018 authorities detained 10 people, accusing them of belonging to the New Greatness … Read more
The captain of a Russian ship carrying a cargo of ammonium nitrate which was impounded in Beirut said he regularly sounded the alarm over the ‘power keg’, years before it exploded and destroyed large parts of the city. Boris Prokoshev, who was at the helm of tanker Rhosus in 2013 when it had to make an … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s man in London has warned relations between Westminster and Moscow are ‘close to being frozen’ – with Russia in ‘no hurry’ to ease tensions. In his first major newspaper interview since his appointment last year, Mr Putin’s ambassador Andrei Kelin denied claims that his nation had interfered in British politics. Brushing off accusations … Read more
When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for last month’s nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change. ‘If this doesn’t happen, then in about two years – and I know this from personal experience – the normal rhythm of … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships this year, as he attended a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday marking the country’s Navy Day. The parade in the port city and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 200 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to ‘demonstrate … Read more
Russia has claimed that US and UK are developing secret space weapons as it dismissed accusations of test-firing an anti-satellite weapon in orbit. Moscow issued its response earlier today after being furiously condemned by the United States Space Command for a ‘concerning’ act that they said had threatened peace in space. The Kremlin called reports … Read more
Putin tests anti-satellite weapon in space: US and Britain say Russia have ‘threatened peace in space’ and created ‘serious risk’ The United States has described the event as a test of an anti-satellite weapon UK accused Russia of launching a projectile ‘with characteristics of a weapon’ It is first time the Ministry of Defence has … Read more
Putin tests anti-satellite weapon in space: US and Britain say Russia have ‘threatened peace in space’ and created ‘serious risk’ The United States has described the event as a test of an anti-satellite weapon UK accused Russia of launching a projectile ‘with characteristics of a weapon’ It is first time the Ministry of Defence has … Read more