Leading Putin foe Alexei Navalny ‘is poisoned’ and rushed to hospital

Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s arch-rival and critics, has been rushed to hospital amid claims he was poisoned. The lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk. Video shows the unconscious Navalny being stretchered from the aircraft … Read more

Senate Intel report reveals Ivanka pushed the Trump campaign to promote hacked emails on WikiLeaks

First daughter Ivanka Trump told her father’s 2016 presidential campaign to draft a stream of Donald Trump tweets linking to hacked Democratic emails dumped by WikiLeaks in the final weeks of the campaign, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final Russia report reveals.    She made the directive in an October email sent to top Trump campaign staff, … Read more

Donald Trump’s fawning letters with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin revealed

The explosive Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday contains images of correspondence between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where the future president seeks to ingratiate himself with the Russian strongman and touts the ‘beautiful women’ at the Miss Universe pageant. The images contain hand-written all-caps inscriptions in Trump’s familiar hand, at a time when the … Read more

Donald Trump’s fawning letters with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin revealed

The explosive Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday contains images of correspondence between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where the future president seeks to ingratiate himself with the Russian strongman and touts the ‘beautiful women’ at the Miss Universe pageant. The images contain hand-written all-caps inscriptions in Trump’s familiar hand, at a time when the … Read more

Russia jails three in penal colony for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’

Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’: Activists are sentenced to up to seven years in a penal colony in case which has sparked protests and accusations police have overstepped their powers Ruslan Kostylenkov,  Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov were sentenced In 2018 authorities detained 10 people, accusing them of belonging to the New Greatness … Read more

Russia jails three in penal colony for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’

Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’: Activists are sentenced to up to seven years in a penal colony in case which has sparked protests and accusations police have overstepped their powers Ruslan Kostylenkov,  Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov were sentenced In 2018 authorities detained 10 people, accusing them of belonging to the New Greatness … Read more

Putin’s man in London says ‘mud-slinging’ means our relationship with Moscow is ‘close to frozen’

Vladimir Putin’s man in London has warned relations between Westminster and Moscow are ‘close to being frozen’ – with Russia in ‘no hurry’ to ease tensions. In his first major newspaper interview since his appointment last year, Mr Putin’s ambassador Andrei Kelin denied claims that his nation had interfered in British politics. Brushing off accusations … Read more

Putin’s man in London says ‘mud-slinging’ means our relationship with Moscow is ‘close to frozen’

Vladimir Putin’s man in London has warned relations between Westminster and Moscow are ‘close to being frozen’ – with Russia in ‘no hurry’ to ease tensions. In his first major newspaper interview since his appointment last year, Mr Putin’s ambassador Andrei Kelin denied claims that his nation had interfered in British politics. Brushing off accusations … Read more

How Vladimir Putin became Russian president for life

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for last month’s nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change.  ‘If this doesn’t happen, then in about two years – and I know this from personal experience – the normal rhythm of … Read more

How Vladimir Putin became Russian president for life

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for last month’s nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change.  ‘If this doesn’t happen, then in about two years – and I know this from personal experience – the normal rhythm of … Read more