Russian multi-millionaire’s daughter, 19, dies after plunging from window of Moscow high rise flat as her Kremlin-linked father slams claims of ‘criminal’ link to her death Daughter of a Kremlin-linked millionaire fell to her death from Moscow high rise Valeria Shpilenko’s body was found on Thursday, the day after her 19th birthday Her father Andrey Shpilenko was forced … Read more
Moscow on Saturday began vaccinating workers at high risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus at newly opened clinics across the city. Health officials said they had opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centres in the Russian capital that would initially offer jabs for health, education and social workers. The Russian vaccine being used – Sputnik V … Read more
Pip-squeak! Pomeranian squeezes through a TINY gap between the wall and a cabinet A black Pomeranian Spitz was filmed squeezing through a tiny gap on Friday Owners chuckled as the small dog made its way into the cavity behind a cabinet The dog’s fur gave way to reveal its tiny stature at its home in … Read more
Vladimir Putin ‘will quit as Russian President in January amid fears he has Parkinson’s disease’, Moscow sources claim Putin, 68, is being urged to quit by his former gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 37 Recent footage of Putin’s legs swinging as he clutched a chair raised eyebrows Russian president’s odd ‘gunslinger’s gait’ has been noted by … Read more
Girl, six, and her baby brother somersault down escalator after the big sister tried to push pram onto moving stairs while their mother was shopping at Russian mall The family were shopping in a Moscow mall when the horror accident took place The mother was trying on clothes and told her children to wait outside … Read more
Russia will withdraw from consultations with the Netherlands and Australia over the MH17 flight shot down over Ukraine in 2014, complaining of ‘vicious’ attempts to pin blame on Moscow. ‘Hostile acts by the Netherlands have made any continuation of the trilateral consultations and our participation senseless,’ Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. … Read more
Arise, Lord Lebedev of Moscow! (All he needs now is for the Kremlin to sign off the title) Evgeny Lebedev was awarded a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the summer Newspaper publisher flummoxed peers by requesting to have ‘Moscow’ in title Before Lebedev can take his place at the Lords, Kremlin has to sign … Read more
Putin critic is badly beaten outside his home in Moscow a week after Alexei Navalny was poisoned on a flight from Siberia Yegor Zhukov, was badly beaten by ‘two thugs on scooters’ near Moscow home The 22-year-old is a critic of Putin previously convicted on extremism charges It comes 10 days after fellow Putin critic … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s man in London has warned relations between Westminster and Moscow are ‘close to being frozen’ – with Russia in ‘no hurry’ to ease tensions. In his first major newspaper interview since his appointment last year, Mr Putin’s ambassador Andrei Kelin denied claims that his nation had interfered in British politics. Brushing off accusations … Read more
Russia may have meddled in both the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums, a highly-anticipated report into allegations of Russian interference in British democracy is set to reveal. The suppressed report – the product of an 18 month-long investigation conducted by parliament’s cross-party Intelligence and Security Committee – is set to be published this week. The … Read more