Short of stature and with a strangely expressionless face, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin seemed the image of a boring bureaucrat when he was elected Russia’s third president 20 years ago. Yet today Putin has become the Godfather of a vast Mafia state – and to do that he has combined the dirty skills of a former … Read more
Vladimir Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock with all of his staff undergoing mandatory testing, it emerged today. The Kremlin said that all workers involved in the presidents’ events schedule were being tested for the disease. Russia has recorded 147 cases of coronavirus so far and the authorities have temporarily barred foreigners … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said the spread of coronavirus in Russia is ‘under control’ today, after touring a new facility built to spot empty supermarket shelves and to track quarantined citizens. ‘We were able to contain mass penetration and spread’ of the pandemic, the Russian president told a government meeting. ‘The situation is generally under control … Read more
Vladimir Putin would be allowed to run for president again under constitutional amendment backed by Russia’s ruling party Russian President Putin is required to step down by the constitution by 2024 Putin, 67, has served 4 presidential terms and has done a stint as prime minister Valentina Tereshkova, a United Russia lawmaker, told parliament today … Read more
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our ‘biggest existential threat’ and likened its development as ‘summoning the demon’. He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets. Professor Stephen … Read more
The wife of a Vladimir Putin ally paid £45,000 for a tennis match with Boris Johnson at a Tory fundraiser, it was claimed today. Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to billionaire former Russian minister Vladimir, has been named as the donor who shelled out for a place on court with the PM at the glitzy … Read more