Russian president Vladimir Putin has unveiled a brand new emergency coronavirus hospital, built up from scratch in just 36 days after intense, around-the-clock work. The mammoth emergency £92 million construction in Moscow will initially hold 800 patients – 300 more than originally announced – and it comes amid fears of the city’s capacity being overrun. Mr … Read more
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been forced to postpone the country’s Victory Day parade in Red Square because of coronavirus. On Friday, officials reported a record rise of 4,069 new COVID-19 cases in Russia over the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 32,007, with 273 deaths. Since 1945, Victory Day on May 9 … Read more
Donald Trump congratulates Vladimir Putin and Mohammad Bin Salman for reaching a deal to stop oil war, claiming the move will save ‘hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in U.S.’ President Trump thanked Russian President Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman for reaching a deal to cut the production of oil The two leaders made … Read more
President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings that Vladimir Putin would use the 60 tons of medical supplies Russia sent to New York as Kremlin propaganda, calling it a ‘nice gesture.’ ‘If they send things we need, I’ll take it. Nice gesture. I’m not concerned about Russian propaganda. He offered a lot of high quality stuff … Read more
A major scare over Vladimir Putin’s health emerged today as Russia’s top coronavirus doctor was stuck down with Covid-19 – one week after meeting and shaking hands with the Kremlin leader. Denis Protsenko, 44, heads Konnunarka infectious diseases hospital, which was visited by Putin last week. The pair were seen close to together and twice … Read more
Vladimir Putin dons hazmat suit to visit coronavirus hospital despite ‘just 495 cases’, as astonishing pictures show how Russia’s new medical facility to tackle the crisis is ’40 per cent’ built in just 12 days President Putin visited a hospital caring for coronavirus patients on the outskirts of Moscow on Tuesday He praised medics and … Read more
Putin: A Russian Spy Story Rating: Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings Rating: Young Vladimir Putin faces the TV cameras for an interview in 1992, as chief political fixer to the St Petersburg mayor. He’s a slight figure, even boyish, though boyish like Damien (the devil-child) from the Omen movies, not Kevin from Home Alone. The reporter … Read more
Short of stature and with a strangely expressionless face, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin seemed the image of a boring bureaucrat when he was elected Russia’s third president 20 years ago. Yet today Putin has become the Godfather of a vast Mafia state – and to do that he has combined the dirty skills of a former … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said the spread of coronavirus in Russia is ‘under control’ today, after touring a new facility built to spot empty supermarket shelves and to track quarantined citizens. ‘We were able to contain mass penetration and spread’ of the pandemic, the Russian president told a government meeting. ‘The situation is generally under control … Read more
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our ‘biggest existential threat’ and likened its development as ‘summoning the demon’. He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets. Professor Stephen … Read more