The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia's Shoigu holds second call with U.S. defense secretary in three days

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry of calls with three other counterparts from NATO countries.

Reuters · Oct 23, 2022

Russia Builds Defensive Lines to Stem Ukraine’s Advance

Russian authorities are building defensive positions in occupied areas of Ukraine and border regions of Russia, reflecting fears that Ukrainian forces may attack along new sections of the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line of a war nearing its ninth month. In recent weeks, Ukraine has focused its counteroffensive mostly on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 23, 2022

Pope prays for ‘unity and peace in Italy’ as Giorgia Meloni takes power

Country’s first female prime minister leads the most rightwing government since the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022

Putin Congratulates Xi after Chinese Leader Secures Third Term

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday on securing an unprecedented third term as leader, and said he looked forward to further developing a "comprehensive partnership" between their two countries. "The results of the Party Congress fully confirm your high political authority, as well as the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 23, 2022

Unseen and underhand: Putin’s hidden hybrid war is trying to break Europe’s heart

From Norwegian pipelines to French ocean floor cables, vital infrastructure is vulnerable to Russian attacks designed to destabilise Europe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022

Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia

Alaska's senior U.S. senator says two Russian Indigenous Siberians were so scared of having to fight the war in Ukraine, they chanced everything to take a small boat across the treacherous Bering Sea to reach American soil

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

David Pratt: Far-right gain power in Italy and Trump's shadow hangs over US midterms

IT’S a long political journey from being a teenage activist in 1992 to being sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister yesterday. But…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 23, 2022

Netanyahu asks Putin to rethink his invasion of Ukraine

Israel’s opposition leader and contender for next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, and urged him to reconsider, in his most direct criticism yet of the war.

Tribune News Service · Oct 22, 2022

Freed British hostages tortured by Russia reunited and honoured at Ukraine Embassy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Defenders Day by thanking troops, promising victory over Russia’s President Putin, meanwhile the British PoWs were honoured at the embassy in London

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as Vladimir Putin's chef, revealed as Wagner Group mercenary boss

Yevgeny Prigozhin, an elusive Russian oligarch linked to an election-meddling troll farm, now openly admits he founded the private military company doing Vladimir Putin's bidding in Ukraine. But his brazen new approach could spell trouble for the president.

ABC News · Oct 22, 2022