Boris Johnson accuses Keir Starmer of ‘sitting on his hands’ while Jeremy Corbyn ‘parroted Kremlin lines’ after Salisbury poisoning and appeared on Moscow’s propaganda channel RT in furious clash over the Russia report at Prime Minister’s Questions Report said successive Tory leaders failed to probe Russian influence in the UK PM said Keir did nothing … Read more
Russia ‘tried to influence 2014 Scottish independence referendum but didn’t interfere in the Brexit vote’, long-awaited report on Moscow’s meddling in UK elections will reveal MPs and peers on Intelligence and Security Committee carried out investigation Expected to say not enough was done in Whitehall to establish if Russia meddled Also questions if enough was … Read more
Putin orders snap military drills involving 150,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels on Ukrainian border to ensure ‘security in Russia’s southwest’ Russia is conducting snap military drills along its southern border with Ukraine 150,000 troops are involved and will test readiness for larger drill in September It comes just hours after Ukraine … Read more
Security Minister James Brokenshire today said the UK is at least ’95 per cent’ certain the Kremlin gave the green light for Russian cyber attacks designed to steal coronavirus vaccine research. Mr Brokenshire insisted there was ‘no evidence’ the raids, which remain ongoing, had succeeded as he said it was ‘appalling that any government should … Read more
Vladimir Putin must have known his spies were trying to steal groundbreaking British research into a coronavirus vaccine, a former chair of UK joint intelligence committee said today. Lady Neville Jones told the BBC she is ‘almost certain’ that the Russian President will have been aware that his operatives launched cyber attacks on Oxford University and … Read more
‘Danger zone’ Russian village is evacuated ‘due to tests of Putin’s new hypersonic missile’ – a year after seven people were killed in explosion linked to the Zircon weapon 500 locals in the military village of Nyonoksa were told to evacuate for 36-hours The evacuation is linked to testing of Putin’s new 6,000 mph Zircon … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s private calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin sometimes have the tone of ‘two guys in a steam bath,’ according a bombshell account that portrays Trump as bending over backward to win the strongman’s approval. Putin ‘just outplays’ Trump during their one-on-one interactions, according to a CNN report published Monday by legendary Watergate … Read more
Russian state pollster VCIOM has published an exit poll showing a vast majority of Russians backing proposed constitutional reforms, days before the end of voting. The poll, published on Monday, showed that some 76 percent of respondents voted for the package of amendments, which range from better pensions and minimum wages to a reset of … Read more
Concern is rising over election fraud in Vladimir Putin‘s controversial constitutional referendum which would allow him to rule Russia until the age of 83 in 2036. Pictures show Russians voting in bizarre makeshift polling stations on tree stumps, in car boots, at children’s playgrounds and on park benches as the poll goes ahead during the pandemic. … Read more
Russia has claimed it foiled a ‘terrorist attack’ after a soldier clutching a machine gun went berserk at a Victory Day parade in front of Vladimir Putin. Conscript Nikita Eroshenko, 22, smashed his Soviet-era weapon into three windows of a Federal Security Service vehicle after he was told he would not be marching in front of … Read more
Pictures never before seen of Vladimir Putin‘s two daughters from his ex-wife have emerged from the private collection of his one-time closest confidant. The images show Maria and Katerina as teenagers soon after the Kremlin leader took power in the early 2000s. They appear to have been released to enrage Putin by former billionaire Sergei … Read more
Columns of tanks and troops are parading through Red Square today as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations to stir up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule. Forced to postpone the country’s traditional May 9 Victory Day celebrations by the coronavirus pandemic, Putin rescheduled the parade for just a … Read more
Putin raises income tax from 13% to 15% for wealthy Russians on more than £58,000 to pay for coronavirus measures Putin said the tax increase would bring in 60billion roubles (£700million) It is the first tax hike on wealthy Russians since flat tax was introduced in 2001 Russia faces its worst economic crisis since 2009 … Read more