Putin's fixation with shamans
Secretive Russian leader, said to be fascinated with occult and pagan rituals, allegedly asked for blessing over nuclear ...
How seriously should we take Putin’s threats of nuclear escalation?
Putin’s proposed radical revision of Russian nuclear doctrine has to be read alongside what he has actually done over the ...
Vladimir Putin 'fears Soviet-style collapse' amid budget pressures to fund war in Ukraine
Warning comes after Russia’s government unveiled plans to hike defence spending to highest levels since the Cold War ...
Put Vladimir Putin on Trial for War Crimes? That’s One Lawyer’s Demand.
The human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson argues that even a trial in absentia would have impact and could vindicate ...
Sky7d
Russia issues new nuclear threat - is Putin bluffing?
With Vladimir Putin issuing another thinly veiled nuclear threat to the West, I’ve come to one of Moscow’s Cold War bunkers to gauge the mood. The entrance is through an apparently ordinary ...
The Spokesman-Review4d
A pianist, a shaman, a pacifist: Faces of the suffering in Putin’s prisons
activists and journalists have been imprisoned for defying President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Some have died in prison in murky circumstances, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signaling that Moscow will consider responding with nuclear weapons if they ...