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THAT'S how you meet the president! Putin poses for a selfie with Russian model at Formula 1 race where Lewis Hamilton sprayed him with champagne

14/10/15 22:40

Violetta Igoshina, 21, a finalist in the Miss Russia beauty contest (pictured right), posted photographs of herself with Putin (left) on social media, gushing: 'My best friend, Vladimir Putin.' The pictures were taken in Sochi after British winner Lewis Hamilton accidentally soaked the Russian leader's suit jacket in victory champagne while on the winner's podium. ...read

TV host 'confuses computer game footage for genuine video of Russian air strike' as he praises Putin for tackling rebels in Syria

14/10/15 20:29

Egyptian TV anchor Ahmed Moussa hailed Russian attacks in Syria, claiming footage that proved their superiority over U.S. forces, but it was thought to be from a 2010 video game.

Has Putin’s ‘lover’ had his baby? Ex-gymnast linked to Russian premier steps out in public looking slim – five months after she sparked pregnancy rumours with fuller figure

14/10/15 19:00

Alina Kabaeva (pictured) appeared to have shed the pounds when she attended an event in South Ossetia - her first public appearance since May when her figure sparked pregnancy rumours.

Russia has turned its T-90 tank into a robot – and plans to hire gamers to fight future wars

13/10/15 21:11

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's deputy prime minister, said that the future Russian army will need players of the online game World of Tanks rather than current trained operators to drive the refitted T-90.

Saudi Arabian clerics declare jihad against Assad and Putin's forces, urging all Sunni Muslims to join the rebels shortly before rockets are fired at the Russian embassy in Syria

13/10/15 15:08

More than 50 clerics and academics signed a joint statement calling on Sunnis to 'hurry' to Syria and help to topple President Bashar al-Assad's government.

'Nice knowing you, Lewis': Twitter fans taunt Hamilton after F1 driver embarrasses President Putin by soaking him with champagne on podium of Sochi Grand Prix

12/10/15 10:31

British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton celebrated his victory at the Sochi Grand Prix on Sunday by spraying Russian President Vladimir Putin with champagne on the winners’ podium.

Obama claims Putin's war in Syria is sign of weakness - as US abandons training rebels to fight Assad and ISIS

09/10/15 17:58

President Barack Obama says Russian leader Vladimir Putin's recent foray into the civil strife in Syria is a sign of weakness, not strength, and will only cripple Russia's economy.

Portrait of Vladimir Putin painted using the artist's breasts is stolen while it is being delivered to the Russian leader for his 63rd birthday

09/10/15 16:50

The picture vanished when artist Irina Romanovskaya waited to board a sleeper train in St Petersburg to take the artwork to the Russian President at the Kremlin.

Putin launches another attack… but this time it’s on an ice rink: Russian leader celebrates his 63rd birthday playing hockey as his military carries out strikes in Syria

08/10/15 03:15

While his country launched dozens of missiles on Syrian soil, Russian President Vladimir Putin scored seven goals as his star-studded team won the game 15-10.

Chechnya's president Ramzan Kadyrov continues to try and copy his good friend Putin by 'wrestling a crocodile' in bizarre Instagram video… but it looks like a croc and bull story

06/10/15 18:33

The footage, posted on the hardline leader's Instagram account, appears to be an attempt to rival the machismo previously displayed by his staunch ally Vladimir Putin.

Osborne's too smooth, Theresa is a cartoon character and Boris would wrestle fish NAKED with Putin: Tory MP Heidi Allen's bizarre take on the race to replace Dave

06/10/15 12:15

The South Cambridgeshire MP appeared unconcerned about the impact on her own career prospects as she delivered her withering assessment on the runners and riders.

Russia sends in special forces to prop up Assad: Putin's fearsome Spetsnaz units are preparing ground assault to 'wipe out' rebels fighting the Syrian President

06/10/15 12:11

Spetsnaz have a terrifying reputation, built in recent years while conducting seek-and-destroy missions against jihadis who committed atrocities against Russian troops in Chechnya.

Mobile saunas, Russian 'Crocs' and battered warplanes: Inside Putin's Syrian airbase from where Russian jets are pounding ISIS and American-backed rebels

03/10/15 17:08

Moscow has at least 32 warplanes including bombers, ground-attack craft and fighters as well as some 2,000 personnel deployed at Latakia airbase.

David Cameron accuses Putin of backing the 'butcher' Assad in Syria as Russian jets launch more attacks in the war-torn country

03/10/15 16:55

David Cameron said Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces were not discriminating between ISIS and more moderate opposition forces engaged in a bloody civil war in Syria.

Obama warns Putin that he's 'all in' in Syria's bloody civil war as president says Russian leader believes moderate anti-Assad rebels and ISIS murderers are 'all terrorists'

03/10/15 14:59

President Barack Obama said he was told this week by Russian leader Vladimir Putin that ISIL forces in Syria are no different from those trying to oust Bashar al-Assad.

Russia finally blitzes ISIS: At least 12 jihadis killed after Kremlin strikes targets near Raqqa - as fanatics hit back with 'Death to Putin' tweet and image of Moscow in flames

03/10/15 00:14

Russia's defence ministry said it struck an ISIS training camp near the village of Maadan Jadid, 45 miles east of Raqqa city and 'a camouflaged command post at Kasrat Faraj' southwest of the city.

Rubio pledges new sanctions against 'gangster and thug' Putin and 'lethal military assistance ' to Ukraine if he's elected president

02/10/15 20:10

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a gangster and a thug,' and vowed to take a hard line against him if he reaches the Oval Office.

Russia moves thermobaric warheads that INCINERATE targets into Ukraine while world's attention is on Syria

02/10/15 16:02

The mobile TOS-1 Buratino weapons system (pictured - equipped with thermobaric warheads - was spotted in Ukraine by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Why the West MUST do business with Putin: Yes, the Russian leader's a thug who's run rings round Europe and America. But MAX HASTINGS controversially argues we can't beat ISIS without him

02/10/15 04:17

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is the architect of repression at home, sponsor of the mass-murdering President Assad of Syria abroad. He provided rebels in Ukraine with the missiles that 14 months ago murdered 298 innocent people aboard Malaysian airlines Flight MH17.

Putin signs decree drafting 150,000 conscripts into the Russian military... as Iran and Hezbollah prepare major ground offensive in Syria with air support from Moscow's bombers

02/10/15 02:30

The timing – on the very day Russia began airstrikes against anti-Assad rebels yesterday – will raise suspicions that Putin is planning a wider offensive to prop up the Syrian President.

Russia 'is pouring gasoline on the fire' of Syria's civil war, says America after Putin defies the West and drops bombs on non-ISIS forces fighting Assad

01/10/15 12:01

Russia and the U.S. have agreed to hold urgent military talks to ensure they do not end up 'in conflict' after Vladimir Putin launched airstrikes on Syria, which killed 36 civilians.

How much does Obama dislike Putin compared to Netanyahu or the Pope? White House official gets squirmy when asked - 'Umm...'

01/10/15 11:39

Obama and Putin aren't on the warmest of terms - on Monday the U.S. president gave his Russian counterpart an ice cold glare during a luncheon. Putin had earlier blamed the U.S. for the rise of ISIS.

Babies taught to shoot guns, forced to survive in hellhole bomb shelters and dumped in dirty orphanages: The harrowing truth of the 'forgotten' children caught in Putin's war with Ukraine

30/09/15 17:32

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline reveals the suffering of the 'lost generation' of children in eastern Ukraine, an area hit by a vicious war between pro-Russian rebels and the government.

Russian painter creates a portrait of Vladimir Putin with her breasts to get politicians to notice the 'importance of artists'

30/09/15 16:22

Irina Romanovskaya, an artist from St. Petersburg has created the striking portrait of Russian president Vladimir Putin by using blue paint - and her left breast.

Donald Trump calls Putin better leader than Obama and admits he has to grow up to get Republican nomination after he ends his week long self-imposed exile from Fox News

30/09/15 09:21

Donald Trump praised Vladmir Putin and even gave himself some critiques as he appeared on Fox News Tuesday night after exiling himself from the network - for a week.

Showdown: Obama gives Putin an icy stare during luncheon toast after dueling UN speeches over Syria, ISIS and Ukraine

29/09/15 18:22

Obama and Putin sat together at a luncheon after their high-profile speeches this morning, in which they accused each other of putting their military might where it doesn't belong.

Vladimir Putin denies being a 'gangster' and says he has no plans to put Russian troops into Syria 'for now' in 60 Minutes interview

28/09/15 08:46

Speaking ahead of his appearance at the UN in New York on Monday, Putin said he supports Assad in the fight against ISIS in Syria, but denied rumors he is planning to station troops there.

Revealed: The satellite photos that prove Putin is still arming Assad to shore up his embattled regime in defiance of the West

26/09/15 13:18

These satellite images show the extent to which Russian President Vladimir Putin is still propping up his dictator ally Basher al-Assad, with a host of jets, tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

Smiling Putin takes to American TV: Russian President insists he is not a 'Tsar' and supports Syrian dictator Assad in the war against ISIS in rare 60 Minutes interview

25/09/15 11:22

Speaking ahead of a UN summit in New York which begins tomorrow, President Putin issued thinly veiled critiques of America's interventions in the Middle East, while continuing to back Assad.

Obama to meet with Putin in New York at the Russian leader's request White House says as it promises tough talk on Syria and the Ukraine

25/09/15 10:21

Obama's spokesman told reporters today that while he doesn't expect the president to display 'overt hostility' toward Putin, 'there's some serious issues' to discuss.

Russia announces naval drills in the eastern Mediterranean as the West continues to fret about Putin's military build-up in Syria

24/09/15 20:29

The exercises include three warships from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, including the Saratov landing ship, the Moskva guided missile cruiser and the Smetlivy destroyer.

Kremlin reveal Putin HAS called Elton John and agreed to meet with him after Russian pranksters claiming to be Vladimir tricked the singer last week

24/09/15 17:13

The Russian leader asked Sir Elton not to be offended by the earlier prank, which had been carried out by comedians. Putin offered to meet with the pop star if their 'schedules allow it.'

'He wants to resurrect the Russian Empire': Petraeus warns Congress to halt Putin's moves into Syria before it's too late

23/09/15 22:05

Ret. Army Gen. David Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that Putin wants to carve a corridor in the Mediterranean.

Now he’s Putin on a show! Prankster who tricked Elton John into thinking he was discussing gay rights with Russian leader Vladimir gets his own TV programme

23/09/15 21:48

Vladimir 'Vova' Krasnov and his partner Alexei 'Lexus' Stolyarov, tricked Sir Elton into a ten-minute-chat about gay rights, with the singer believing he was talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The proof that Moscow has delivered warplanes to Syria: Fighter jets are seen in satellite image as Assad's regime steps up its attacks on ISIS

23/09/15 07:49

The picture shows 16 warplanes at a government airbase near the coastal city of Latakia, backing claims of Moscow support made by the Syrian military earlier on Tuesday.

PETER MCKAY: He's an ogre but we need Putin's help to kill ISIS

21/09/15 03:01

Vladimir Putin is accused of annexing Crimea, destabilising Ukraine and stashing billions in foreigh banks to fund a lavish retirement - but might we have to join his crusade to crush ISIS?

Putin signals intention to establish Russian airbase in neighbouring Belarus in move that will unnerve Poland and Baltic states

20/09/15 19:32

Belarus has made clear it would not welcome a Russian base, but the former Soviet republic remains dependent on Moscow for credit and energy.

Elton John puts on an energetic performance after claiming he was 'happy to be pranked' in Vladimir Putin phone joke because it highlighted gay discrimination

19/09/15 19:00

The 68-year-old singer was every inch the entertainer as he took to the stage to belt out hits from his endless discography.

Putin and Berlusconi sued over 'Ukrainian' wine: Russian president and disgraced former Italian leader accused of uncorking a 240-year-old bottle in Crimea

19/09/15 08:27

Putin and his old friend Berlusconi spent last weekend in Crimea, touring ancient ruins and visiting the peninsula's prized Massandra winery.

'Pranks are funny. Homophobia is never funny': Elton John responds to Vladimir Putin phone joke... and says he is glad the 'unfortunate incident' highlighted gay discrimination

17/09/15 13:01

The 68-year-old singer described the joke as an 'unfortunate incident' - but reaffirmed his offer to talk to Russian President Vlarimir Putin about gay rights.

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