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UK's Boris Johnson defends meeting ex-KGB agent at party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended meeting a Russian oligarch with a KGB past

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Johnson claims meeting with former KGB officer Lebedev was not pre-arranged

Johnson said officials were aware in advance he was attending an event at the house of the Russian oligarch’s son, Evgeny Lebedev, in Italy

The National (Scotland) · Jul 25, 2022

Johnson insists meeting with former KGB officer Lebedev was not pre-arranged

The Prime Minister said officials were aware in advance he was attending the event.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

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'Clumsy' Vladimir Putin hobbles down steps with arm stiff by side as he arrives in Iran

Bizarre footage of the Russian leader shows his right arm completely rigid and not moving as he walked down the red carpet which was rolled out at Mehrabad airport

Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022

Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: how I exposed the prime minister’s defining scandal

The ties between the PM and an ex-KGB officer, first revealed in the Observer three years ago, could be Johnson’s lasting legacy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022

Newcastle man's time in the circus, amid tales of tigers and the KGB

'The first thing the Sumatra tigers would do was pee.'

Newcastle Herald · Jul 14, 2022

Johnson’s meeting with Lebedev may have been ‘serious security breach’ – Labour

Yvette Cooper branded a private encounter between the then foreign secretary and the Russian oligarch as ‘unthinkable’.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

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Labour calls for investigation into Boris Johnson’s private meeting with ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev

Prime minister only admitted last week to the meeting, held immediately after Nato summit

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022

Scandalous legacy: as Johnson heads for the exit, many issues remain unresolved

Several questions about events during chaotic reign – from Wallpapergate to Partygate – may never be fully answered

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022

Boris Johnson's 'complete disregard for national security' over ex-KGB spy

Labour tore into the Prime Minister after he finally admitted meeting Alexander Lebedev

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2022

MP asks if ex-KGB agent tried to arrange private Johnson and Lavrov call

Yvette Cooper requests more details about Boris Johnson’s meeting with Alexander Lebedev in Italy in 2018

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

Putin says Russia is only just getting started in Ukraine – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war update: what we know on day 134 of the invasion

Russian attacks intensify in Donetsk; civilians continue to flee from Sloviansk as Moscow’s forces press towards the eastern Ukrainian city

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

Boris Johnson admits he met ex-KGB officer without officials present

BORIS Johnson met Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev without officials present while foreign secretary, he has told MPs.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 6, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Boris Johnson admits he met former KGB officer Lebedev without officials present

The meeting occurred while Mr Johnson was foreign secretary.

Daily Mirror · Jul 6, 2022

Boris Johnson finally admits he met ex-KGB agent on secretive jolly to Italy

The Prime Minister was quizzed about the 2018 meeting when he appeared at the Commons Liaison Committee as his premiership hangs by a thread

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Putin: His Life and Times review – the collapse that shaped the man who would be tsar

Philip Short’s meticulous new biography forces us to look at Vladimir Putin’s most appalling acts from a Russian perspective

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2022

'Sneaky' Vladimir Putin could 'get into a fight with anyone' during school days, says classmate

Putin’s form teacher in his school days was driven to despair by the student, who she described as “sneaky and disorganised” and a child who would “definitely cause problems"

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Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022

KGB spy just as evil as Vladimir Putin to take over if he's gravely ill, expert says

Michael Clarke, a Professor of Defence Studies at King's College London, says former KGB spook Nikolai Patrushev would succeed his longtime pal Putin in the event of the president becoming seriously ill

Bangkok Post · Jun 13, 2022

Former Russian PM says Putin 'out of it', war could last years

PARIS: He was Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss would unleash a full-scale war on Ukraine.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin's right-hand woman is Valentina Matviyenko, a Ukrainian-born politician who passionately supports his war

She left her Ukrainian village for St Petersburg, dreaming of becoming a scientist. Instead she met a young KGB agent named Vladimir Putin who would eventually change her life.

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

NATO may face nuclear war with 'unhinged' Vladimir Putin, says ex-CIA agent

Former CIA agent Robert Baer believes that NATO is heading into a direct war with "unhinged" Vladimir Putin and he says it is "anyone's guess" if that turns nuclear

The Hindu · Jun 7, 2022

Kerala Gramin Bank improves performance

Makes a profit of ₹124.14 crore in the last financial year

The Conversation · Jun 7, 2022

As one of Vladimir Putin's closest advisers on Ukraine, Nicolai Patrushev spreads disinformation and outlandish conspiracy theories

Nicolai Patrushev is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest advisers and wields considerable influence on government policy as the head of the powerful Security Council of Russia.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022

Alexander Litvinenko assassination suspect dies of Covid

Dmitry Kovtun was one of two Russian men accused over poisoning death of ex-spy in London in 2006

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