The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back’ operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv

Moscow claimed the move was intended to ‘increase trust’ in talks between Russia and Ukraine

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2022

U.S. believes Russia's pullback near Kyiv is "repositioning," not "withdrawal"

Negotiators met in Turkey for a fresh round of peace talks

Axios · Mar 29, 2022

Calling Putin a 'war criminal' could spark even more atrocities in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine continues, officials in the U.S. and Europe are sounding alarms about alleged war crimes being committed by Russian troops there. U.S. President Joe Biden has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal,” as has the U.S. Senate, on the grounds that schools, hospitals and…

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022

What happens to Russian mega yachts once they are seized?

Boats that became symbol of oligarch wealth now front and centre in West’s bid to squeeze Vladimir Putin’s closest allies

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Ukraine calls for ban on the letter ‘Z’ as symbol of support for Russian invasion

The letter, spotted on Russian military vehicles, has become a symbol of support for Russia’s war

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

UK detains £38m superyacht owned by Russian businessman and docked in London’s Canary Wharf

The luxury vessel was in London for a superyacht awards ceremony

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Mystery Russian superyacht worth £38m seized in London in 'warning to Putin'

UK officials boarded Phi - owned by a Russian businessman - in Canary Wharf, east London, on Tuesday and detained it under sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022

Putin's hit list of poisoning victims as Roman Abramovich left with skin peeling

Vladimir Putin has been accused of poisoning his political enemies, with high-profile incidents in the UK including the Salisbury attack and the death of Alexander Litvinenko

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022

Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future

In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very…

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022

Ukraine: a peace deal will require mutual trust, which is very hard to imagine

Ukrainian peace negotiators planning to met with Russian representatives have been told “not to eat or drink anything”, after the Russian oligarch, Roman Ambramovich, and two Ukrainian peace negotiators were reported to be suffering from what is suspected to be the effects of poisoning.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022