Putin is so paranoid that he has armed divers swimming around his private beach looking for assassins, an ex-security officer says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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More trouble for the Russian economy ahead: It just significantly raised its inflation forecast, despite Putin saying price hikes are hurting businesses

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.

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Vladimir Putin says that inflation in Russia is making it 'practically impossible' for businesses to plan

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Putin says the US will be out to get Russia no matter who's elected president in 2024. Tell that to frontrunners like Trump who are skeptical about US involvement in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump (right) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk as they make their way to take the "family photo" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.

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Putin doesn't even trust his own bodyguards and gives them fake travel plans, says former guard who defected

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A composite image of head-and-shoulder shots showing, on the left: President Vladimir Putin on a train, looking out of the window, on October 28, 2013, and right: former FSO officer Vitaly Brizhaty in an interview released September 2023.
Left: President Vladimir Putin on a train in 2013.

George W. Bush says it was 'shocking' to learn that Yevgeny Prigozhin once served him dinner in St. Petersburg: 'All I know is I survived'

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President George Bush and his wife Laura attended a dinner in 2006 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Bush met Prigozhin.
President George Bush and his wife Laura attended a dinner in 2006 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Bush met Prigozhin.

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North Korea has a powerful arsenal of weapons and ammo that Russia desperately wants as it eats through its own stockpile battling Ukraine

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Artillery pieces are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Artillery pieces are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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North Korea launches 'nuclear attack submarine' ahead of talks with Putin

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Kim Jong Un announced his plans to prioritize nuclear weapons at the launch of North Korea's "tactical nuclear attack submarine."

Hitler didn't stop when he was given land, and nor would Putin, says Ukraine's former defense minister

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Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov speaks in front of a microphone with a Ukrainian flag behind him.
Ukraine's then-Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in April 2023.

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China is eroding Russia's influence over old allies as the alliance it leads crumbles over Ukraine, expert says

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chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shake hands in front of the two countries' flags
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right) and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shake hands during a signing ceremony, ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, China in May 2023.

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