Vladimir Putin

New Pantsir air defense towers set up near Putin’s Valdai residence

Seven new air defense towers equipped with Pantsir systems were built around Vladimir Putin’s Valdai residence in March 2026, where his sons are said to spend time, reports said on Apr. 12.

12 April, 06:58 PM

Kyiv agrees to halt fire after Kremlin declares Easter truce

Ukraine is ready to take mirror steps in response to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's declaration of an "Easter truce," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on the night of April 10.

10 April, 07:50 AM

Putin declares 32-hour Easter truce

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter truce in the Russo–Ukrainian war to last from 4 p.m. April 11 until the end of April 12, Russian propaganda agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported on April 9.

9 April, 10:26 PM

Putin sends missile-armed frigate through Channel, testing Starmer’s tanker crackdown

A Russian frigate escorted two sanctioned tankers through British waters, defying British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pledge to detain vessels linked to Moscow’s shadow fleet, The Telegraph reported on April 8.

9 April, 02:50 PM

Dutch banking giant ING cancels sale of Russian subsidiary

Dutch financial conglomerate ING Group has canceled the sale of its Russian subsidiary, ING Bank, announced in January 2025, after the prospective Russian buyer failed to secure the required approvals, the company reported on April 7, Kommersant reported.

8 April, 04:12 PM

Leaked call: Orbán pledged full support to Putin

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in an October phone call that he was prepared to make “maximum efforts” to assist him, Bloomberg reported on April 7, citing a transcript of the conversation.

7 April, 05:18 PM

U.S. lifts sanctions on vessel tied to Putin’s lover

The U.S. Treasury Department has removed without explanation sanctions on a Russian cargo vessel reportedly connected to Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and shadow shipments, the Important Stories outlet reported on March 31.

1 April, 09:37 AM

Putin slashes public appearances as discontent grows across Russia

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sharply reduced his public appearances and has all but stopped leaving Moscow, Russian outlet Faridaily wrote on March 31, comparing his public appearances over the past three months with the same period last year.

31 March, 03:01 PM

Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy’s Easter ceasefire push as Russian attacks continue

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal for an Easter ceasefire, said Russia “did not see a clearly defined initiative.”

31 March, 02:14 PM

Putin asks oligarchs for war cash, vows to fight until all of Donbas falls

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin told a closed-door meeting with businessmen that Russia would keep fighting until it seized all of Donbas, the FT reported, citing sources.

27 March, 01:50 PM

Iranian president thanks Russia for wartime ‘inspiration’

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the Russian people have “inspired” Iran to resist U.S. aggression, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on March 26.

27 March, 01:28 AM

Putin invites Russian businessmen to fund Ukraine war, report says

At a closed meeting with Russian oligarchs, dictator Vladimir Putin urged them to start privately helping finance the Russo–Ukrainian war, Russian outlet The Bell reported on March 26, citing sources.

26 March, 10:34 PM

Polish official slams president over ties with Hungary’s Orbán

Poland’s deputy defense minister Cezary Tomczyk sharply criticized President Karol Nawrocki over his rapprochement with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, accusing him of a pro-Russian stance and inconsistent policy, he said on Radio ZET on March 24.

24 March, 03:07 PM

Russian oppositionist Yashin announces party to challenge Putin

Russian opposition politician and former political prisoner Ilya Yashin announced the creation of a new political party to challenge Vladimir Putin from exile, he said in a video posted to his YouTube channel on March 19.

19 March, 04:51 PM

Once again, Orban refuses to call Putin an aggressor

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban refused to call Russian dictator Vladimir Putin an aggressor and described the Russo–Ukrainian war as “a quarrel between two Slavic peoples.”

18 March, 10:04 PM

The Guardian publishes cartoon depicting Putin as bloodied skeleton amid war

British newspaper The Guardian published a new satirical illustration by artist Ella Baron in response to current global events on March 17.

18 March, 05:28 PM

Putin lets Russian arms giant conceal losses

Russia’s largest state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec has been granted permission not to publish its annual financial reports, according to the March 16 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s decree No. 159, which amends two existing documents on companies’ right to withhold corporate information from the public domain.

17 March, 11:32 AM

Putin aide Ushakov curses out French envoys over role in Ukraine peace talks

Yuri Ushakov, the foreign policy aide to Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin, told advisers to the French president to “go f--- yourselves” after they traveled to Moscow to discuss including European representatives in peace negotiations, the Financial Times reported on March 15, citing sources.

15 March, 06:02 PM

Putin may be helping Iran in Middle East conflict – Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said for the first time that Vladimir Putin may be helping Iran in the war in the Middle East, the Associated Press reported on March 13.

13 March, 05:41 PM

Russia’s defense bank PSB posts 19.2B ruble loss as war lending strains system

PSB Bank, a key lender to Russia’s military-industrial complex, reported a 19.2 billion ruble loss in 2025 after posting a profit a year earlier, The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 24.

13 March, 03:46 PM

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