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Inside Putin's 'military Disneyland' where kids climb over tanks and fire grenades

Vladimir Putin's Patriot Park, opened to the public in 2015, sits an hour outside of Moscow and welcomes families from all over Russia - but instead of rollercoasters, kids are invited to learn to shoot with Kalashnikovs

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2022

We always knew the end of history wasn’t the final act for tyrants like Vladimir Putin

I  am a member of Generation Fukuyama. Well, how could I not be? I turned 21 in 1989, the year that the Berlin Wall fell, triggering the implosion of the Soviet bloc and the end of the Cold War. It was an astonishing moment of emancipation, a colossal release of…

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2022

Putin's Russia: how the ex-KGB strongman has gradually turned the clock back to Soviet repression

Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova risked a harsh prison sentence after she interrupted a broadcast on popular state-owned Russian TV network Channel One with a sign reading: “NO WAR. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. They are lying to you here.” State news agency Tass reported that she had been arrested…

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: Sanctions are vital to keep the pressure on Vladimir Putin

Parliament sat beyond midnight to pass the Economic Crime Act, which has now received Royal Assent. This important legislation will establish a new register of foreign entities mandating overseas owners of British property to declare their identity.

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2022

Marina Ovsyannikova's bravery as she risks Putin's wrath with Russian state TV protest

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at the Russian state-supporting TV station Channel One, risked everything on Monday March 14 when she stunned the world with one of the most public anti-Putin protests possible

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2022

Who is Vladimir Putin's girlfriend Alina Kabaeva and where is she now?

It is claimed that the 38-year-old has fled to Switzerland

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2022

Three men questioned after breaking into villa owned by Putin's son-in-law in south of France

Three men were questioned by French police on Monday after breaking into a villa owned by the former son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin in protest at the invasion of Ukraine, prosecutors said.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 15, 2022

Britain ‘will lead world against Russia’ as bombs rain on Kyiv

Britain is seeking to drum up more funds to pay for more munitions for Ukrainian troops to resist the Russian invasion

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2022

Top Russian TV journalist quits and flees country in protest over Ukraine war

Liliya Gildeyeva, 45, was a leading anchor on Gazprom-Media's NTV channel for more than 15 years, and had been praised by the Russian president Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2022

UK politics: Blair calls for push for peace deal but says Nato should not rule out intervening in war – as it happened

Latest updates: the former PM says the west should not give up on the possibility of negotiating a peace deal with Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022