Russian President Vladimir Putin is "fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a mass murderer" and is beginning to be compared to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, a Nato state foreign minister has claimed.

Lipavský, foreign minister of the Czech Republic, has warned that Europe must urgently strengthen its defences to halt the Russian tyrant as Putin is already responsible for nearly one million victims.

The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the country faces further economic turbulence exacerbated by the ending of its natural gas transit deal with Ukraine.

Russian police have ruthlessly cracked down on public protests ever since Vladimir Putin ordered his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The U.S. secretary of state told the Financial Times that pressure from Beijing dissuaded Vladimir Putin from using nuclear weapons.

From Bucha to Kursk: 1,000 days of Russia's full-scale war (Photos) Putin's second term in office saw terrorist attacks on Russian soil and the killings of prominent opposition figures. Putin's third,

Putin and Khrushchev represent two opposing strategic options, neither an offshoot of the unpopular war in Ukraine. For his inspiration, Putin looks back into history, seeking to recreate his Russia über alles vision of imperial glory,

With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine, this year Russians will have to pay more for the dish, which is traditionally served alongside caviar and tangerines, before the New Year is toasted in.

Putin called 2025 the "year of the Defender of the Motherland" in his New Year's Eve address on Tuesday.

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The year is ending with a pair of sharp messages between top advisers to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President-elect Trump. Trump’s choice for special envoy to Ukraine and Russia,