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Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing renewed scrutiny with reports surfacing about a 'secret son,' Ivan Vladimirovich Putin, allegedly born in 2015 to Alina Kabaeva. The ten-year-old is reportedly kept hidden, living in a high-security palace and largely isolated. While Putin has two acknowledged daughters, claims suggest he has two sons with Kabaeva and another daughter with Svetlana Krivonogikh.

Following Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, thousands of residents like Marina fled their homes, facing a humanitarian crisis marked by intense fighting and uncertainty. Despite Russia's claims of regaining control, conflicting reports persist, leaving locals in fear and questioning the support from their government.

President Vladimir Putin issued a rare apology on Thursday when a pensioner complained to him about the price of eggs. During Putin's Q&A session with the media and the public calling in from across Russia, Irina Akopova was shown seated at her kitchen table via video link. "vladimir vladimirovich, take pity on pensioners! We don't get millions. Sort this out - we have no one to turn to," she said. "I'm very grateful to you, I'm counting on you to help." Putin replied, "I apologise for this, but this is a failure of the government's work...

Mukesh Ambani did not turn up for the delegation level discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine on Saturday at the election headquarters of President Vladimir Putin, a defiant gesture in a country where open criticism of the war is banned."vladimir vladimirovich Putin has issued a decree that my husband has to be there (in Ukraine). I'm interested to know when he will issue a decree that my husband has to be home," Maria Andreyeva said as campaign workers looked on.

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin vowed “retribution is inevitable’ ’ for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at Russia's busiest airport.

A bemused Vladimir Putin reportedly had nothing to part with, but his £5,500 Swiss watch to a factory worker in a Russian town, particularly when ordinary people in the socialist nation were facing a tough time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submits documents to Russia's Central Election Commission to register as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Supporters formally nominate Putin as an independent candidate, gathering at least 500 signatures as required by Russian election law. Putin has used different tactics in previous elections, running as an independent in 2018 and as a nominee of the United Russia party in 2012. Under constitutional reforms, Putin is eligible for two more terms and is expected to be reelected in March. Critics challenging him are either in jail or abroad, and independent media is banned.

Lingerie-clad students from Moscow's most renowned university have posed in an erotic calendar proclaiming their love for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who turns 58 tomorrow.

Putin, now Prime Minister, said Medvedev should succeed him in that role after the election in what would amount to a job swap in Russia's ruling 'tandem'.

Putin proposes reappointing Mishustin as prime minister, expecting Duma's approval. Mishustin, known for stabilizing the economy post-sanctions, is set to continue without a major government reshuffle.

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia's Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, proposed on Saturday that a presidential election due next March should either be postponed due to the war in Ukraine or limited to one candidate - Putin.

Two Russians, Vladimir Putincritic and Anton Pavel, died in Odisha while on vacation. Their bodies were cremated, which is a custom in Russia. The Rayagada Police allowed the cremation, with the help of the Russian Consulate General in Kolkata. The suspicion is that there may have been a hit job, as many of Putin's critics have been killed in similar fashion. The Crime Branch has hired a Russian interpreter to help with the investigation.

The Rayagada police allowed cremation of the bodies of Pavel and his co-traveller Bydanov Vladimir, who died under mysterious circumstances in their hotel on December 22 and 24, after receiving power of attorney from their respective family members. Death of Pavel, who was a rich lawmaker, triggered suspicion of a hit-job as many of Putin critics were allegedly killed in similar fashion in different countries in the past.

A public inquiry in Britain has concluded that there is “strong probability” that the murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was approved by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Putin's supporters formally nominate him as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential election. They gather at least 500 signatures, including officials from the ruling United Russia party. Independent candidates need 300,000 signatures. Putin has used different tactics in previous elections, running as an independent in 2018 and as a nominee of United Russia in 2012. Last week, lawmakers set the election for March 17, and Putin's tight control over the political system makes his reelection all but assured.

Putin, who rose to the Kremlin's top job on the last day of 1999, is facing the biggest challenge of his rule after the invasion of Ukraine triggered the gravest confrontation with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The Russian President is facing the most serious war crisis any Kremlin chief has faced for at least a generation since the Afghan war of 1979-89.

The saucy calendar gifted to Putin on his b’day reiterates that he’s still the globe’s premier stud – or a stud of a premier?

Their videos are flooding Russian social media -- mothers and wives of soldiers mobilised to fight in Ukraine, urgently demanding that the military make good on promises made by President Vladimir Putin. Anger and concern have built across Russia since September, when the Kremlin announced that hundreds of thousands of well-trained and well-equipped men would be conscripted and sent to the battlefield to bolster Moscow's struggling campaign in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over the Ukraine conflict. Putin's surprise visit to Crimea was his first to the peninsula since he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year.

The Dutch intelligence service said on Thursday it had uncovered a Russian military agent attempting to use a false identity to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is investigating accusations of war crimes in Ukraine.

The Russian leader has even brandished veiled threats of using nuclear weapons, dialling up geopolitical tensions over his campaign in Ukraine. It is a far cry from the turn of the millennium, when a fresh-faced 47-year-old Putin replaced the ailing Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin promising friendship and cooperation with the West.