Putin’s childhood in St. Petersburg was rife with hardship, but he learned to become a wily street fighter and scrappy underdog. His ambition was rewarded with admission to the Soviet ...

How has life changed for ordinary Russians during ... Equipment and weaponry became decrepit, and morale plunged. Vladimir Putin gave early intent to reverse this decline and rebuild Russia ...

The secret life of Russia’s longest-serving leader - IN FOCUS: What is Vladimir Putin like behind closed doors? Anne McElvoy ...

A former Russian gymnast rumoured to be Vladimir Putin ... to report on his love life. “Even the opposition press – which regularly writes about corruption in Putin’s inner circle ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ... both she and Putin have denied any "romantic ties" for more than a decade. However, Dossier claimed their relationship began "as early as 2008".

As Vladimir Putin nears his 70th birthday on Friday, how did he become the isolated autocrat who launched his disastrous invasion of Ukraine? Seven pivotal moments in his life helped shape his ...

Stuck in a crowded prison cell in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 45-year-old Viktor faces a choice. He can stay where he is, ...

But it was only when Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in 2022, that Ammosov began to plot the overthrow of ...

In March, 100 million Russians and a further 6 million living in occupied Ukrainian territory got a taste of what democracy, Vladimir ... for a social life or real friendships. Putin pictured ...

In a tactic borrowed from Vladimir ... the war began in early 2022, many of whom had never fired a gun before. United in their determination to protect their homeland from Putin’s illegal ...