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Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, having served since 1999 with a brief interlude as Prime Minister. A former KGB officer, he's known for his authoritarian leadership style and significant influence on global politics.
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In an early morning televised address to the people of Russia, President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine. As reported by CNN, Putin announced that the "special military operation" is aimed at the "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine. The statement refers to the Kremlin's claims that Ukraine’s…
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President Joe Biden landed himself in hot water on Monday after he was caught by a live microphone calling a reporter a "stupid son of a b****." The profane comment was picked up by a hot mic as reporters were being hurried out of the room by White House staff…
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President Joe Biden was heard calling a reporter a "stupid son of a b****" through a live microphone on Monday, CNN reports. The 79-year-old president had just given a White House Competition Council meeting on the cost of living crisis in the US when he made the remark. While exiting…
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TV Chef Gordon Ramsey has opened up about the most famous people he's ever cooked for - and it turns out The Hell's Kitchen star has served up dinner for some pretty big names over the years. But one diner was more terrifying than all the rest - Vladimir Putin.…
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Vladimir Putin has referred to the widespread acceptance of gender fluidity in the West as "monstrous", the Daily Mail reports. Speaking to the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, the Kremlin leader said it is "close to a crime against humanity" for young children to learn about transgender issues.…
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Vladimir Putin believes that Joe Biden was right to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, Reuters reported. The Russian president's remarks on Thursday, October 21, were directed at reporters and were made in the same week that his country hosted talks with senior spokespeople from the Taliban in Moscow. The Taliban…
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Donald Trump has criticized Joe Biden's handling of his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The POTUS met the President of the Russian Federation during a summit at Geneva this week, and it's safe to say tensions were running high ahead of the meeting. Per Fox News, Trump lashed…
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Vladimir Putin has been forced to defend himself after being asked about his political rivals. Per ABC7 News, ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott quizzed the Russian president while attending a press conference in the aftermath of Putin's first in-person meeting with Joe Biden in Geneva this week. Scott asked Putin…
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Osama Bin Laden's niece has dramatically gatecrashed the Biden-Putin summit with a "Trump Won" flag. Arriving by boat in Geneva at the Villa La Grange, Noor Bin Ladin - whose name is spelled differently from her late uncle's - decided to show her support for Joe Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.…
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Vladimir Putin has shared a scathing message for Joe Biden with regards to the US government's attitude to political dissent: "Don't be mad at the mirror if you are ugly". The 68-year-old Russian president sat down for an interview with NBC's Keir Simmons on Friday, June 11 - his first…
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Joe Biden has said the Queen reminds him of his own mother after Her Majesty hosted and POTUS and FLOTUS over the weekend. The incumbent president, 78, and The Queen, 95, interacted at the G7 summit in Newquay, Cornwall on Friday, before taking tea together on Sunday. [caption id="attachment_1263113028" align="aligncenter"…
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The Russian Federation has issued a stern warning to President Joe Biden ahead of his meeting with Vladimir Putin this month. Per CNBC News, Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by the RIA news agency saying that his country would be taking diplomatic measures against the United States…
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"At least" 11 people have been killed in a school shooting in Russia. BBC News reports that the victims - including a teacher and several students - have died as a result of the mass shooting incident, which occurred in Kazan in the predominantly Muslim region of Tatarstan. There have…
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A new poll of Russian citizens has named Vladimir Putin the best-looking man in Russia. The news that Putin is the country's sexiest man was revealed when the results were published on Friday (April 2), by the Russian recruitment website Superjob.ru. Eighteen percent of men surveyed said that Putin was…
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Prince William has been named as the sexiest bald man in the world in a new Google study. Yes, when it comes to sexy bald men, you probably think of The Rock or Vin Diesel or Jason Statham or Bruce Willis or Terry Crews or Billy Zane or Mr. Clean…
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President-elect Joe Biden has declared that the US is "at war with the virus, not each other" in a rousing Thanksgiving speech where he called for an end to the country's "grim season of division". As per BBC News, there were over 1.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the…
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Jimmy Kimmel has said that it is "unimaginable" that "close to half of American voters" voted for Trump in the 2020 election. "I have to say, I am very happy and relieved that it looks like we're finally sending this monster back to Mar-A-Lago," Kimmel said, per Vanity Fair. "But…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially registered a coronavirus vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute, CNN has reported. Revealing the news on Russian state TV on Tuesday (August 11), Putin said: "A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in the world this morning. "I know…
