A former guard at one of Putin's luxury palaces said it's like a toxic 'little town' where everyone is snitching on each other

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Side-by-side images. On the left, Vitaly Brizhaty standing in uniform. On the right, a Google Earth view of part of the palace complex at Olyve, Crimea, showing beaches, a helipad, several large buildings, amid forests.. Dates unclear
Valery Brizhaty says he worked as an FSO officer at the Olivye palace complex in Crimea.

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Russia's desperate need for weapons in Ukraine could be a big win for the North Korean military

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region on September 13, 2023.

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Inside Kim Jong Un's bulletproof train loaded with weapons and 'lady conductors'

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un travels abroad in a bulletproof train that's been used for generations. Archival footage and an expert reveal the root of the family's paranoia and what goes on inside the "Moving Fortress."

Videos show a massive fuel tank explosion after a suspected drone strike in Putin's prized resort town

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Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.

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Russia gave Kim Jong Un a bunch of attack drones as a present, violating a UN resolution that even Russian diplomats voted for

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.

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Russia hikes rates to 13% in scramble to lower inflation and prop up the sagging ruble

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a news conference after an EU-Russia Summit in Brussels January 28, 2014. Putin said on Tuesday it would honor its obligations to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce its gas prices even if the opposition formed the next government.

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Recent arrests suggest Putin is quietly trying to rein in some of his most effective promoters of the war in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in February 2022.

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Putin is 'scrounging around' for low-quality weapons by doing a deal with North Korea, US official says

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space center in Russia, as seen on TV in South Korea.

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Russia is getting richer again, thanks to soaring oil prices

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The CEO of Russia's biggest bank says the ruble is 'unjustifiably undervalued,' but Putin has downplayed the ruble's weakness — and it shows even Russia's elite don't see eye to eye about the economy

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Sberbank CEO Herman Gref (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) talking.
Sberbank CEO Herman Gref and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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