Vladimir Putin

Duane McCreadie, who is helping to lead the construction of Belfast Grand Central Station (pictured inside the main terminal)

Belfast's new Grand Central Station: How costs almost went skyward

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) bids farewell to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. Picture date: Sunday September 10, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS G20. Photo credit should read: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

My negotiations on Northern Ireland show I can strike UK-India trade deal: Sunak

Despite tourists bringing noise pollution and traffic chaos to the quaint nearby village of Alton, locals living near Alton Towers say it has major benefits.

Alton Towers: Why residents living next to theme park ‘love’ it

A man lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in honour of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Bodies and flight recorder recovered from Prigozhin crash site

Morning View

Editorial: Dissident's jail term shows how Russia like China has no opposition

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcoming Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ahead of a meeting at Horodetskyi House, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mr Varadkar has said he does not think the Irish Government would offer condolences to Russia in the event of Vladimir Putin's death. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire

Ireland unlikely to offer condolences to Russia if Putin dies, Varadkar says

The health of Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been speculated about

Vladimir Putin seen limping in new video as health rumours continue

Letters to editor

Letter: Thankfully, Ireland is shifting its obsolete stance on neutrality

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

Morning View

Editorial: UK right to help Ukraine against a vulnerable Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Philip Ingram

Co Tyrone military intelligence expert: Wagner mutiny has left Putin weaker man

A man holds the Russian national flag in front of a Wagner group military vehicle with the sign read as "Rostov" in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. Rebel mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who sent his fighters to topple the military leaders in Moscow will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped as part of a deal to avoid "bloodshed," the Kremlin said on June 24. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Rebellion ends with Yevgeny Prigozhin sent to Belarus

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations chaired by President Vladimir Putin in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai region, on May 19, 2023. (Photo by TATIANA BARYBINA/Press service of the governor of/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Chechen troops sent to Wagner Group conflict zones

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘Betrayal’ - Vladimir Putin reacts to Wagner Group rebellion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin
Russian tanks have lined the streets of Moscow amid fears the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is launching a coup against Vladimir Putin.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,

Prince Harry bizarre interview requests for Spotify podcast revealed

Well, there are lots of issues, some of them relatively new to us that are sufficient to upset one’s equilibrium during this fine weather. Rising energy bills for a start and I don’t mean a few shillings here and there.

Sandra: If the King can reduce his electricity bill maybe we can too

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Plans reveal Vladimir Putin’s secret bunker beneath the Black Sea

US President Joe Biden showing his support last month for Evan Gershkovich at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington. Mr Gershkovich, who works for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and has been arrested in Russia, faces espionage charges which have been flatly denied. Picture: Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

Ian Ellis: A free press is to be highly valued and never taken for granted

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a drone attack

Russia accuses Ukraine of Kremlin drone strike

Tinder will cease operating in Russia

Dating app Tinder to stop operating in Russia following Ukraine war

A Kremlin spokesman has denied that Putin is using body doubles after health concerns

Putin spokesperson claims Russian president ‘doesn’t use body double’

Russian president Vladimir Putin is undergoing chemotherapy treatment, according to top secret US documents leaked from the Pentagon - Credit: Getty Images

Vladimir Putin undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer

Ukrainian soldiers fire an AS90 as they take part in a military exercise at a training camp in an undisclosed location in England, Friday, March 24, 2023.

UK should stay out of talks to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Lord Owen

17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed
17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities and held in institutions in Crimea have been freed and returned home, officials in Kyiv say

A man stands outside a burning house after shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, yesterday (March 21, 2023), amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In any war there will always be allegations of war crimes from either of the protagonists. The ICC could have found cases of war crimes inflicted against Protestants in Northern Ireland but do we think they would have prosecuted the IRA? (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)

Letter: Whether something is a war crime depends on who ICC want to prosecute

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

International Criminal Court issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Rescue workers take cover after new explosions next to them as they try to put out a fire in a house which was shelled by Russian forces at the residential neighbourhood in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine.

Russian advance stalling in Ukraine's Bakhmut, says think tank

Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images

Wimbledon to lift ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural

Ukraine issues Banksy stamps showing Vladimir Putin in judo match

Northern Ireland political psychologist Dr Arthur Cassidy says that after a year at war with Ukraine, it is clear that Putin will never willingly step down from power.

NI psychologist – Putin’s dark motives have only worsened

Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko (centre) and his wife Inna Prystaiko (centre left), with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (second right) and his wife Akshata Murty (right), members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, outside 10 Downing Street, London, as they observe a minute's silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture date: Friday February 24, 2023.

Sunak leads minute’s silence marking Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s invasion

Ukrainian troops and their UK military instructors, commemorate lives lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine during a sunrise commemorative service, at Lydd army camp in Kent, to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the conflict. Picture date: Friday February 24, 2023.

Ukraine marks one year of war as UK and allies pledge ongoing support

Shell reports highest profits in 115 years following 2022 fuel crisis

UK Blackouts: Exact times your house could face power cuts this winter

Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine as he holds crisis talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky amid rising tensions with Russia. Johnson has claimed that Vladimir Putin told him "I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute", in a call ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine: Vladimir Putin threatened to kill me, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missiles

Srdjan Djokovic father of Serbian tennis Novak Djokovic

Footage shows Novak Djokovic’s father at pro-Russian demonstration in Australia

Morning View

The UK is right to be one of Ukraine's biggest backers against Russia

Morning View

The Republican Party in the US should not be wavering in its support for Ukraine

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise (photo: Getty Images)

First News: Memorable moments of 2022

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a "huddle" press conference with political journalists on board a Government plane as he heads to Bali, in Indonesia to attend the G20 summit. Picture date: Sunday November 13, 2022.

Rishi Sunak confronts Russian counterparts at G20 Summit in Indonesia

Banksy has appeared to confirm that he is in Ukraine after unveiling his latest artwork on Instagram. Picture: Banksy/ PA

Banksy Ukraine art: Graffiti artist shares Borodyanka gymnast mural

The aftermath of Russian attack on Dnipro, October 10 (from Ukrainian govt).jpg

Linking Protocol Bill with Vladimir Putin 'stupid and insulting'

Global Augmentation Group volunteers pictured in Ukraine during humanitarian efforts near the front lines of the ongoing war

NI man to set off for Ukraine front lines in coming days in charity journey

Putin addresses the nation

Putin warns West as he announces partial mobilisation for Russian citizens

Emergency workers move a body during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian President, Putin, vows to continue Ukraine attacks

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is fuelling a cost of living crisis

Ukraine makes more gains - provokes rare public criticism of Putin in Russia

Irish President Michael D Higgins

Michael D Higgins issues clarification in row over wife's Ukraine letter

Irish
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina

Higgins urged to clarify Ukraine support after wife's controversial letter

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects in Moscow yesterday, July 18. Western nations are principled about combatting him until war creates a cost of living crisis (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The cost of food and fuel, not shells and bullets, will decide the Ukraine War

News Letter editorial

Sanctions are another reminder of UK’s valuable support for Ukraine