The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian medic smuggles harrowing bodycam footage from Mariupol in TAMPON

Yuliia Paievska, 53, recorded footage of her team’s desperate efforts to save both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers in her humanitarian fight - with one Russian solider asking her in apparent confusion why she was offering him treatment

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022

Putin promises to bolster Russia's IT security in face of cyber attacks

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign "state structures" had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber defences by reducing the use of foreign software and hardware.

Reuters · May 20, 2022

Bach says Russia ban is to protect athletes, not punish them

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says Russian athletes and officials who have been banned from international sporting events because of the war in Ukraine are being protected rather than punished

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Putin’s daughter flew to Germany 50 times in two years

Katerina Tikhonova is believed to be dating former head of Bavarian State Ballet

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed for not visiting Kyiv or sending tanks to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was slammed on Friday by Ukraine’s ambassador in Berlin for not visiting Kyiv or sending tanks to fight Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'suffering from chronic back pain' due to injury suffered years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin rides horses as part of his tough man image but during a horse riding trip outside of the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009, he reportedly fell

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022

CPAC Hungary: A plan for global victory

Global right opens Budapest gathering, vilifies media and vows left will be "exposed, demonized and crushed"

Salon · May 20, 2022

Putin is surrounded by doctors and takes breaks during meetings for treatment, claims ex-British spy

‘He’s constantly accompanied around the place by a team of doctors’

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'surrounded by doctors' as illness brings growing chaos to the Kremlin

Former British spy Christopher Steele, who ran the Russia desk at MI6 in London, claims that the Russian President is seriously unwell and now in need of constant medical care.

Daily Record · May 20, 2022

Analysis: The curious case of Russia in Central African Republic

Experts say Russia’s involvement in Central Africa could be over just as quicky as it began.

Al Jazeera · May 20, 2022