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Vladimir Putin: After 25 years in power, what next for Russia’s president?

From chasing rats as a child to the KGB, how 72-year-old Putin came to power – and what drives him now.

Al Jazeera

Voices: He’s ruled Russia for 25 years - but what has Putin really got to show for it?

COMMENT: Crisis has aided the Russian strongman’s regime stability far more than any index of economic success, writes Mark Almond

The Independent UK

Putin unrecognisable in shell suit with full head of hair in uncovered 1990s video

Russian president Putin sports a longer haircut and can be seen playing ping pong, eating and socialising with other guests at a hospitality venue in Finland

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Video emerges of Vladimir Putin in shell suit on 1990s Finland trip

Putin seen playing table tennis and accompanying then mayor of St Petersburg on fishing trip

The Guardian - UK

Dmitry Medvedev: Putin’s new ‘attack dog’

Threats emanating from Russia have escalated in recent months, with the former prime minister and president Dmitry Medvedev leading the charge.

The Week

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

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Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

Ukraine – a year of war: He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK

Russian journalist and Putin’s rumoured goddaughter flees to Lithuania

Ksenia Sobchak, media personality and daughter of Vladimir Putin’s one-time boss, was subject of arrest order

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin's estranged 'goddaughter' seen on CCTV fleeing to West to avoid arrest

Ksenia Sobchak, 40, a leading Russian opposition politician and TV star, has been spotted crossing the Belarus-Lithuania border by foot in leaked surveillance footage

Daily Mirror

Russian media figure Ksenia Sobchak is in Lithuania after house search - state security

Russian media figure Ksenia Sobchak is in Lithuania after entering the country on her Israeli passport, the head of Lithuania's counter-intelligence service said on Thursday, a day after Russian police searched one of her houses.

Reuters

Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak arrives in Lithuania

Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak — the glamorous daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s onetime boss — has arrived in Lithuania on an Israeli passport after fleeing Russian investigators who raided her home this week

The Independent UK

Ksenia Sobchak: Russian TV star ‘flees country’ as investigators raid her home

Evening Standard

Investigators raid home of Russian celeb Ksenia Sobchak

Russian investigators have raided the home of Ksenia Sobchak, the glamourous daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s one-time boss, in a move that has sent shockwaves through the country’s political scene

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Russian opposition figure Sobchak's house searched by police

Russian police on Wednesday searched a house belonging to journalist, socialite and media personality Kseniya Sobchak as part of a criminal case against her commercial director, state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing law enforcement agencies.

Daily Mirror

'Mad and dying' Putin turns 70 as stalling war written across his 'steroid-addled face'

The Kremlin leader remains as menacing as ever ahead of his birthday on Friday, amid reports that a Russian "nuclear train" is heading towards Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's goddaughter faces jail for 'spreading lies about Russian government'

Journalist and former presidential election candidate Ksenia Sobchak is accused of “spreading falsehoods about government agencies”, which could land her in jail for up to three years

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'will brand his own goddaughter a foreign agent over dissent' claim

Vladimir Putin is set to direct his anger against Ksenia Sobchak, 40, a prominent Russian TV presenter and the country's leading female opposition politician, it is believed

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Putin’s ‘goddaughter’ sells luxury £7.6m Moscow flat to ‘escape from repression’

Ksenia Sobchak, 40, a prominent TV presenter and Russia's leading female opposition politician, has long-standing family ties with President Vladimir Putin - with the tyrant even attending her baptism when she was a baby

Daily Mirror

Russian state media 'cancel' Roman Abramovich after Chelsea owner 'poisoned'

The compliant state media in Russia are often issued orders from the Kremlin about what they can and cannot report, with mentions of Roman Abramovich now prohibited

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's body language coach says his 'diseased brain' may destroy world

Body language expert Allan Pease met Putin more than 30 years ago teaching him a crucial power pose to make him feel more confident as he met with world leaders

ABC News

Russia's young elite, including some oligarchs' children, are speaking out against Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine

Some of Russia's richest young elites are speaking out against Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, including the offspring of oligarchs and a former reality TV host who challenged Vladimir Putin in the 2018 election.

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