Vladimir Putin has a ‘special attitude to mysticism and even consulted shamans before unleashing nuclear weapons, Russian ...

Vladimir Putin has what Kremlin insiders call a 'special attitude to mysticism' and a deep belief in shamanism - that ...

Vladimir Putin has asked shamans in Mongolia for their blessing to use nuclear weapons, it is claimed. The Russian despot is ...

Wearing a long white scarf, military khaki pants and holding a drum and stick, Vladimir Putin smiles as he watches a shaman – a combination of a psychic and spiritual healer – play an acoustic ...

Russian schoolchildren are being taught lessons by military snipers who claim killing Ukrainians is not murder. Footage shows ...

Warning comes after Russia’s government unveiled plans to hike defence spending to highest levels since the Cold War ...

The human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson argues that even a trial in absentia would have impact and could vindicate ...

Murza, who thought he'd die in prison after he received a 25-year sentence, said an FSB agent had parting advice when he was ...

The Russian opposition leader had warned for years that Vladimir Putin would threaten the peace of the world, and at the U.N. General Assembly in New York this past week, leaders were debating how ...

Putin’s proposed radical revision of Russian nuclear doctrine has to be read alongside what he has actually done over the ...

President Vladimir Putin is throwing ever more resources at two interlocked priorities: recruiting more soldiers and encouraging bigger families. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Berlin What ...

activists and journalists have been imprisoned for defying President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Some have died in prison in murky circumstances, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny.