The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The Guardian view on Russian dissent: a seed to be nurtured

Editorial: Vladimir Putin’s military failure in Ukraine can also make him vulnerable to political opposition at home

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Exiled enemy of brutal Chechen leader assassinated in Europe as he's found shot dead

The Telegram channel 1ADAT and Radio Free Europe reported that 36-year-old Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the exiled enemy of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was shot dead in Sweden

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

Putin drives across Crimea bridge badly damaged in October bomb attack

Putin also seen walking across the bridge

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Russia deploys army of shadow diplomats

Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has appointed dozens of honorary consuls. Many have spread pro-Kremlin sentiment

Salon · Dec 5, 2022

Vladimir Putin brazenly drives across repaired Crimea bridge after huge truck bomb

Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a Mercedes across Kerch Bridge to Crimea and spoke to repair workers after the crossing was destroyed by a truck bomb in October

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

Strikes help Putin? What a terrible excuse for refusing nurses the rise they deserve

The Tory chairman’s desperate remarks show the government has run out of arguments for pay restraint. No wonder its winter of discontent has turned into a winter of fury, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Blasts hit Russia air bases as Kremlin renews Ukraine strikes

Blasts at two air bases in Russia killed three people and injured seven, Russian news services reported Monday, as the Kremlin launched new missile strikes on Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022

ICC prosecutor opposes EU plan for special Ukraine tribunal

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has denounced a European Union proposal to create an U.N.-backed special tribunal to prosecute crimes in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Putin drives across Crimea bridge in a Mercedes

President Vladimir Putin on Monday drove a Mercedes across the Crimean Bridge linking southern Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, less than two months since an explosion tore through one of the Kremlin chief's showcase infrastructure projects.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022

Putin signs law expanding Russia's rules against 'LGBT propaganda'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law expanding Russia's restrictions on the promotion of what it calls "LGBT propaganda", effectively outlawing any public expression of LGBT behaviour or lifestyle in Russia.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022