???Radical Islamists??? attacked Moscow, Vladimir Putin acknowledges.

Seeking to limit criticism, Putin refuses to blame IS for Moscow attack ?? Malay Mail Russia says suspects in Crocus concert hall attack detained as death toll rises to 137 ?? CNN 'Duty to warn' guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don't always listen ?? Yahoo! Voices Vladimir Putin blames ISIS and Ukraine for Moscow concert attack ?? USA TODAY Russia???s tragedy, Putin???s humiliation ?? The Atlantic

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow was conducted by Islamist militants, but the shooting fits in a wider campaign of intimidation by Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday

Russian president says he is interested in who ordered terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsible Vladimir Putin has said that the terrorist attack on the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow was conducted by radical Islamists but reasserted his earlier claims that Ukraine could have been involved in the shooting that left 139 people dead

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's security state has been ruthlessly effective at detaining Vladimir Putin's opponents but was caught off guard by a mass shooting near Moscow, raising questions about its priorities, resources and intelligence gathering

Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack ?? Malay Mail March 25 Moscow concert hall attack ?? CNN Vladimir Putin blames ISIS and Ukraine for Moscow concert attack ?? USA TODAY Russia???s tragedy, Putin???s humiliation ?? The Atlantic Russia terror suspects appear in court showing signs of torture and abuse ?? The Washington Post

Putin suggests without evidence that Kyiv may have been involved in attack, claiming attackers planned to flee to Ukraine Vladimir Putin said Russia had arrested all four gunmen responsible for the shooting that killed 133 people at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claiming that the perpetrators of one of the worst terror attacks in the countrys history planned to flee to Ukraine

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of sympathy to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the massacre at a Moscow concert hall and said nothing can justify "heinous terrorism" against human lives, KCNA state news agency said on Sunday

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking ways to divert blame for a massacre at a concert hall near Moscow on Friday

President sparks social media buzz as users ask whether he is getting ready to take on Vladimir Putin after images posted to Instagram The release of official photos showing Emmanuel Macron hitting a punching bag have been met with a mixture of praise and consternation in France

While the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emerging After Vladimir Putins landslide presidential election victory on Sunday, western governments lined up to characterise the win as unfair and undemocratic

Vladimir Putin???s nationalistic display.

A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russia???s war against Ukraine.

UK, US and Germany denounce poll that was said to give president vote share of 87.28% amid crackdown on dissent Western nations have widely condemned Russias presidential election, in which Vladimir Putin claimed a landslide victory that will keep him in power until at least 2030 amid a crackdown on dissent and opposition

Observers say Russian leaders election numbers approaching 90% mark final break with western conventions Vladimir Putin is approaching the electoral outer limits

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Officials give Vladimir Putin 87% of the vote, in an election where no credible opponent could stand.

Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years with a predetermined landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition.

Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years with a predetermined landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition.

Monday's papers reflect on Vladimir Putin's election victory over the weekend and arrests in Russia.

A rubber-stamp presidential election with no real competition allows Vladimir Putin to claim strong public support for his domestic dominance and the invasion of Ukraine.

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition ?? Malay Mail Putin scores a resounding win, but what???s next for Russia? ?? CNN Putin Wins Russian Presidential Election ?? The New York Times Vladimir Putin's sham re-election is notable only for the protests ?? The Economist

Vladimir Putin claims fifth term as president

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that a direct conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario

Russian president uses victory speech to say war in Ukraine and strengthening military will be his main tasks Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russias presidential vote, as thousands in the country and around the world protested against his deepening dictatorship, the war in Ukraine and a stage-managed election that could have only one winner

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine reported dozens of attacks by Russia near their shared border on Sunday as partial results showed President Vladimir Putin winning reelection by the largest margin since Soviet times

President Vladimir Putin thanks Russians for putting their trust in him as he celebrates his election win.

(Reuters) - Russian citizens in Latvia cast ballots in their home country's presidential election on Sunday, while opponents of President Vladimir Putin rallied in front of the embassy in Riga in a peaceful "noon against Putin" protest

(Reuters) - Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to Russia's presidential election, which handed Vladimir Putin a landslide win and another six-year term in office, according to first official results on Sunday

Voters turn out at midday from the UK to Latvia and Turkey to Thailand in action Alexei Navalny endorsed before his death Last day of Russias presidential election live updates The queue to vote at the Russian embassy stretched for more than half a mile along Kensington Gardens on Sunday as hundreds of Russians arrived at midday as part of a worldwide act of protest to show their opposition to Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine

Voters told to swamp polling stations all at once and spoil ballots, after two days of dye attacks, fires and Ukrainian cross-border strikes Critics of Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin regime have called for massive protests at Russian polling stations on Sunday, the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement his hardline rule

(Reuters) - Russia started its final day of presidential voting on Sunday with Moscow accusing Ukraine of using air attacks to try to sabotage the election that is expected to keep President Vladimir Putin in power for another six years

The European Union is set to agree on sanctions on several people seen as involved in the mistreatment and death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony last month, three diplomats have said. Russias presidential election opened on Friday, with 114 million Russians eligible to vote, and will end on Sunday with an almost inevitable victory for Vladimir Putin

People used dye, molotov cocktails and fires to protest against Russias elections, which are certain to extend Vladimir Putins 24-year rule until at least 2030

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sweep to power in another illegitimate election

Longtime Russian leader faces no meaningful opposition after death in Arctic penal colony of Alexei Navalny Voters in Russia headed to the polls across the countrys 11 time zones on Friday in a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putins 24-year rule until at least 2030

The president will use his inevitable win in the polls as a mandate for continuing the assault on Ukraine and going after domestic elites For a few weeks in 2022, Vladimir Putins world was unravelling fast

The Russian presidential election, to be held over three days at the end of this week, coincides with the 10-year anniversary of Russias annexation of Crimea in 2014 . The swift seizure of the peninsula in March that year, Vladimir Putins response to the Maidan Revolution in Kyiv, was indeed the beginning of 10 years of military action against Ukraine

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Wednesday that Russia does not interfere in any elections and it will work with any leader the American people elect

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S

Over more than two decades in power, Vladimir Putin 's government has crafted a template for winning elections and quashing any dissent

Drone and rocket attacks on energy infrastructure come as pro-Ukraine battalions claim raid across border Ukraine has targeted Russian energy facilities in one of its largest cross-border drone and rocket attacks of the war, disrupting production at a major oil refinery as armed groups also claimed to have launched a large raid across the border from Ukraine. The chaotic day in Russia, which also included a military air transport crash that killed all 15 people on board, comes at a sensitive moment as Vladimir Putin has sought to project an image of calm and control ahead of presidential elections this weekend

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will hold a presidential election on March 15-17 which President Vladimir Putin is certain to win, barring an unexpected development

As Russians prepare to give the president another six-year term this week, an ex-rival has gone from protest candidate to grotesque war hawk Two election cycles ago, in 2 , Sergei Mironov was loudly playing the role of opposition to Russias ruling party, wearing the white ribbon of the protest movement in the State Duma and claiming his run against Vladimir Putin was serious

Vast nuclear power plant has been on the frontline of the war since its capture in March 2022 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: everything you need to know Greenpeace has accused Russia of threatening Ukraine and the west with an unprecedented escalation if Moscow tries to restart reactors at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station . The pressure groups warning came a day after Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Sochi to discuss nuclear safety and the plant on the frontline of the Ukraine war

Jim Himes says comparisons between Trumps attitude to Putin and 1930s PMs stance on Hitler give Trump way too much credit Donald Trump is a worse appeaser in his attitude to Vladimir Putin and Russia than the 1930s British prime minister Neville Chamberlain was towards Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, a senior Democrat on the House intelligence committee said

Alexei Navalnys widow urges supporters to arrive en masse at midday for presidential election to overwhelm polling stations The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called for people to protest against Vladimir Putin at polling booths in the forthcoming presidential election

Yulia Navalnaya urges opponents of Vladimir Putin to form long queues at polling stations at the same time.

As Russian officials carry ballot boxes from house to house in Zaporizhzhia, intimidation tactics are rife Early voting in Russias presidential election has already begun in occupied areas of Ukraine, with officials carrying ballot boxes going house to house in some areas, accompanied by soldiers. With critics and opponents silenced, exiled or murdered, Vladimir Putin is expected to be anointed for another six years when the polls close at the end of next week