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Putin 'has dementia and paranoia is driving him to insanity', ex-KGB agent says

The Russian leader's recent public appearances following his disastrous Ukraine invasion have sparked speculation about his health.

Daily Record

Vladimir Putin 'has dementia and is being driven insane by paranoia' says ex-KGB agent

While Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has insisted the Russian leader's health is “excellent”, his recent public appearances showing him looking exhausted with "trembling hands" prompting speculation

Daily Mirror

Unconfirmed Reports Claim Putin To Undergo Cancer Surgery, Temporarily Transfer Power To Ex-KGB Chief

Unconfirmed reports are surfacing that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to undergo cancer surgery and will temporarily transfer his authority to Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Russian federal police’s Security Council, while he is undergoing the medical procedure.

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Mystery Russian account claims Vladimir Putin set to undergo cancer surgery

Putin has secretly nominated Nikolai Patrushev, a former KGB counterintelligence officer who once headed the FSB, to take “control” of Russia while he is incapacitated

Manchester Evening News

Vladimir Putin set to vanish for cancer surgery, mystery Russian Telegram account says

Vladimir Putin has secretly nominated Nikolai Patrushev, a former KGB counterintelligence officer who once headed the FSB, to take “control” of Russia while he is incapacitated.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin: The president whose obsession with Russian security may cost him dear

During two decades in power, Putin has had an ability to sense the popular mood, writes Mary Dejevsky. But in recent times his judgement has seemed less sure – and the Ukraine invasion may prove a step too far for his citizens

The Independent UK

Putin, Le Pen and the French right

Russia's strategic partnership with the French far right has deep roots that long predate the Putin-Le Pen liaison

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Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

The Conversation

Putin’s key supporters are now playing a desperate face-saving game in Ukraine

Russia’s humiliated military and intelligence blocs know they have let their leader down, and need the war to go on, says political science expert Olga Chyzh

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson did not put pressure on over Lebedev peerage, says watchdog chief

Lord Bew said the appointments committee had asked for security information on the son of a former KGB agent during the process.

The Independent UK

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots

Billionaire Roman Abramovich is just the latest in a long line of people who suspect they may be the target of a Kremlin poison plot. Russia is well-practised in the art of chemical assassinations, but carrying out a murder using poison is inherently risky.

ABC News

Boris Johnson asked for Evgeny Lebedev to skip City Hall security in 2015

Exclusive: Johnson made special request for Independent owner and a Russian dignitary to bypass ‘airport-style’ checks

The Guardian - UK

Furious Putin 'orders purge of 150 secret agents' after botched Ukraine invasion

The officers are said to be from the FSB security service, which is the successor to the KGB, with some removed while others were reportedly arrested

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin, the czar of macho politics, is threatened by gender and sexuality rights

Vladimir Putin has mentioned “gender freedoms” more than once to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.

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Daily Mirror

Top Russian intelligence official 'moved to notorious jail' over Ukraine war failings

Col-General Sergei Beseda's case is being investigated by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, said Russian intelligence expert Andrei Soldatov

The Independent UK

Top private school hosted UK head of Kremlin cultural agency linked to Russian intelligence

Exclusive: UK head of Rossotrudnichestvo spoke at Oxford High School ‘Russian Conference’ in 2019 attended by more than 150 pupils

The Guardian - UK

Who are the daughters of Vladimir Putin facing US sanctions?

Russian president has rarely spoken publicly about daughters Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova

The Conversation

Russia's denial of responsibility for atrocities in Bucha recalls 50 years of lies over the Katyn massacre

Ukrainian troops entering the city of Bucha, 25km north-west of the capital Kyiv, have reportedly found evidence of what appear to be horrific war crimes committed during the month-long occupation by Russian forces. Having forced the Russian troops out of the area, any jubilation at the victory was cut short…

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The Guardian - UK

Who has Putin’s ear? Inside the president’s inner circle

Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup?

Axios

Western intelligence: Putin's advisers are "too afraid to tell him the truth" on Ukraine

There is perhaps "no bigger insult" than calling Putin, a former KGB officer, "misinformed."

ABC News

The US anticipated almost every move Vladimir Putin made in Ukraine. This is how they probably did it

As Russia menaced Ukraine, it was as if US intelligence services had tapped into the mind of a foreign leader notorious for guarding his secrets. So, was the US bluffing, or did it really know what Russia had planned?

Evening Standard

‘We can’t trust the words of Vladimir Putin’s war machine’

Positive signals in Ukraine peace talks not reflected by bombs on the ground, says Zelensky

Daily Mirror

'I have nothing to hide': Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev lashes out at Keir Starmer over peerage questions

Labour has used a Commons device to force the government to disclose documents relating to the Russian oligarch son's appointment to the House of Lords

Reuters

Businessman Lebedev says UK security advice about him should be public

Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, said on Tuesday security advice relating to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to appoint him to parliament's upper chamber should be publicly released.

Los Angeles Times

A spiritual defense of the war in Ukraine? Putin's patriarch is trying

Wearing crisp, olive-green robes and a towering, white head covering embroidered with the somber face of Jesus, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the faithful from an ornate 10,000-seat cathedral in Moscow.

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