Putin’s Victory Day parade only featured a handful of leaders, and most seemed reluctant to be there, report claims

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) President of Kazakhstan Kasim Comert Tokayev (R), President of Tajikistan Imamali Rahman (2nd R), President of Uzbekistan Sevket Mirziyoyev (3rd R) in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2023.

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Russia's version of NATO is crumbling, with even some of its closest allies frustrated by Putin's failing war in Ukraine

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yrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev enter the hall during the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May, 16, 2022, in Moscow, Russia.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia

Putin accuses the West of creating Nazis while comparing the war in Ukraine to WW2, in what experts are calling a perversion of history

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2023.

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A new law allows Putin to draft Russians via an online portal — even if they don't have an account. It 'brings the digital Gulag much, much closer,' critics say

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A military cadet stands in front of a billboard promoting contract army service in Saint Petersburg on October 5, 2022. - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russian men to bolster Moscow's army in Ukraine, sparking demonstrations and an exodus of men abroad.

Leaked docs show 'Putin's chef' is increasingly at odds with the Russian leader over Wagner mercenary deaths

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Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).

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Russia is using the supposed Kremlin drone strike as an excuse to scale back its Victory Day celebrations and hide its military losses, experts say

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A composite image shows Soviet tanks T-34 roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2021, and a destroyed Russian in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in January 2023.
A composite image shows Soviet T-34 tanks in Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2021, and a destroyed Russian tank in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in January 2023.

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Drones launched against Ukraine overnight had 'for Moscow' and 'for the Kremlin' written on them, says Ukraine military

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An image shared by Operational Command “South," which it said showed a Russian drone fired at Odessa.

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Details in the drone incident the Kremlin says aimed to assassinate Putin 'don't quite add up.' Experts have 3 theories on what happened.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on April 6, 2023.

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Video captures the moment drones exploded over the Kremlin

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Cellphone footage shows the moment two drones apparently exploded over the Kremlin on the eve of Russia's Victory Day.

Russian gold is now flooding the UAE, Turkey and Hong Kong after facing sanctions in the West

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