The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Desperate Putin sends rusting tanks 'as ancient as woolly mammoth’s poo' into Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has raided museums and rusting storage depots to send Joseph Stalin’s old T-54s and T-55s to fight another day and videos show the rejuvenated Soviet tanks crossing territory

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2023

Kremlin denies China’s president urged Putin not to use nuclear arms in Ukraine

Xi Jinping reportedly warned Russian counterpart against using such weapons on visit to Moscow in March

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Prigozhin revolt raised fears of Putin's toppling – and a nuclear Russia in chaos

As national security scholar Gregory F. Treverton says, the brief mutiny mounted by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, may be over, but the dramatic events sparked by that mutiny are “still unfolding.” In this interview with The Conversation U.S. democracy editor Naomi Schalit,…

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2023

Russia eyes Chechens and convicts to fill gaps left by Wagner

Russia is preparing to send more Chechen fighters and convicts to Ukraine to fill holes left by Wagner mercenaries that were pulled from the battlefield, European intelligence officials believe.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2023

Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China

The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia…

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2023

Still master of the Kremlin: What options for Putin after failed mutiny?

It's almost as if it never happened. The unrivalled master of the Kremlin for 23 years has emerged from a moment of wavering with the leader of an aborted march on Moscow now sidelined and forced abroad, Russian troops on the frontlines in Ukraine who continue to hold their own…

France 24 · Jul 4, 2023

Putin tells China-led bloc that Russians support him after mutiny

President Vladimir Putin told a regional security grouping that Russians were united behind his leadership in his first international appearance since the failed mutiny that posed the greatest threat to his almost quarter-century rule.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023

Vladimir Putin claims Russia ‘united as never before’ as prominent journalist is beaten

Armed and masked men attack Novaya Gazeta reporter Yelena Milashina

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

NATO must pledge long-term vow of support for Ukraine, urges Rishi Sunak

Speaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said negotiations were underway to develop a 'multilateral declaration of support for Ukraine into the long term' for next week's NATO summit

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2023

Russia is more united than ever, Putin tells allies after failed mutiny

President also told leaders from China, Pakistan and India that Russia would stand up to western sanctions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023