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Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi shake hands in Tehran in July last year (Picture: Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

If ICC can issue arrest warrant for Putin, it can do so for Iran’s brutal regime

17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping stresses close ties with ‘dear friend’ Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)

What image is Vladimir Putin trying to portray from PR drive?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)
President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

What will Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia mean for Ukraine?

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

International Criminal Court issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to China's president Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand last September. Picture: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to China's president Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand last September. Picture: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping to make state visit to Moscow

Mark Galeotti, writer and analyst on Russian security affairs, looked at the issue of ‘What does defeat in Ukraine tell us about Putin's Russia?’ at the annual Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh.
Mark Galeotti, writer and analyst on Russian security affairs, looked at the issue of ‘What does defeat in Ukraine tell us about Putin's Russia?’ at the annual Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh.

Ukraine’s secret weapon against invasion is Vladimir Putin, expert claims

Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images
Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images

Wimbledon to lift ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Exiled Belarusian pro-democracy leader given 15 year jail sentence in absentia

​Mr Duguid has blamed Putin’s war for the rise in energy bills.
​Mr Duguid has blamed Putin’s war for the rise in energy bills.

More than 125,000 energy bill support payments sent to Banff and Buchan resident...

Gavin Matthews of Solas
Gavin Matthews of Solas

Friends of The Scotsman: Putin tramples Ukraine but judgment will come

Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural
Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural

Ukraine issues Banksy stamps showing Vladimir Putin in judo match

The Disasters Emergency Committee has released a moving 60-second film titled ‘Never Alone’ highlighting the UK public’s hugely generous response to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal which has raised over £400 million, one year since the conflict escalated.
The Disasters Emergency Committee has released a moving 60-second film titled ‘Never Alone’ highlighting the UK public’s hugely generous response to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal which has raised over £400 million, one year since the conflict escalated.

Watch 'You’ll Never Walk Alone' video from Disasters Emergency Committee

Ukrainian soldiers help an elderly woman to cross a destroyed bridge as she evacuates the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers help an elderly woman to cross a destroyed bridge as she evacuates the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Date and details of national one-minute silence for Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, speaks during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, speaks during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

UK willing to supply jets to allies so they can send fighter planes to Ukraine

Crowds during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.
Crowds during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

China calls for ceasefire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier flashes a V-for-victory sign during the defence of Kyiv in March last year (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier flashes a V-for-victory sign during the defence of Kyiv in March last year (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Horrific prospect of Putin victory should galvanise support for Ukraine in West

Varvara Shevtsova is studying in Dundee.
Varvara Shevtsova is studying in Dundee.

Ukraine one year on: ‘Every day a body is brought back from the front line'

Ukrainian bystanders look on to residential buildings that were destroyed during an attack, in Borodyanka on Wednesday.
Ukrainian bystanders look on to residential buildings that were destroyed during an attack, in Borodyanka on Wednesday.

Just one in ten displaced Ukrainians likely to return home soon

Iryna Sergeyeva, a volunteer, attends military training in an underground garage in Kyiv in March last year (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Iryna Sergeyeva, a volunteer, attends military training in an underground garage in Kyiv in March last year (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Fightback against Putin's invasion could see a Ukrainian assault on Crimea

Vladimir Putin's regime exists in an Orwellian alternative universe, where war is good and peace is defeat (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin's regime exists in an Orwellian alternative universe, where war is good and peace is defeat (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Joyce McMillan: World has no option but to fight delusional Putin

Ben Wallace said planes currently held by Nato countries could be given to Ukraine and warned that the conflict in Ukraine could last another 12 months.
Ben Wallace said planes currently held by Nato countries could be given to Ukraine and warned that the conflict in Ukraine could last another 12 months.

Nato planes could be given to Ukraine - Ben Wallace

Taiwan's armed forces take part in a live-fire military exercise simulating an invasion by China (Picture: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
Taiwan's armed forces take part in a live-fire military exercise simulating an invasion by China (Picture: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

West must prepare for China joining Putin behind his new Iron Curtain

China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks at the Lanting Forum at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday.
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks at the Lanting Forum at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday.

China ‘deeply worried’ about escalation of Ukraine invasion

Vladimir Putin is due to set out his view of Russia's war against Ukraine in a State of the Nation.
Vladimir Putin is due to set out his view of Russia's war against Ukraine in a State of the Nation.

Vladimir Putin rails against West in State of the Nation address

David Smith
David Smith

Scottish security guard David Smith jailed for 13 years for Russia spying

A Ukrainian soldier fires during a training exercise in the Rivne region, amid reports of a new Russian offensive (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier fires during a training exercise in the Rivne region, amid reports of a new Russian offensive (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

As Putin redoubles efforts to take Ukraine, we must not give in to war fatigue

The A9 alternates between dual and single carriageway, which drivers unfamiliar with the road may find confusing (Picture: John Devlin)
The A9 alternates between dual and single carriageway, which drivers unfamiliar with the road may find confusing (Picture: John Devlin)

SNP dithering will see more lives lost on Scotland's killer road – Murdo Fraser

Rishi Sunak Hosts the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Rishi Sunak Hosts the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet King and address parliament on visit to UK

Helena, a 53-year-old teacher, was among the first casualties of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, injured in the bombing of Chuguiv on February 24 last year (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Helena, a 53-year-old teacher, was among the first casualties of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, injured in the bombing of Chuguiv on February 24 last year (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Psychological trauma of Ukrainians should send powerful message to West

Donald Trump promised to shake up Washington and eventually tried to end democracy in the US (Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Donald Trump promised to shake up Washington and eventually tried to end democracy in the US (Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Energy crisis is creating a breeding ground for political extremism

Shell reports highest profits in 115 years following 2022 fuel crisis

A captured Russian tank is repaired by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
A captured Russian tank is repaired by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Boosted by US, German and Russian tanks, Ukrainian morale is high

UK Blackouts: Exact times your house could face power cuts this winter

If his lips are moving, Vladimir Putin is probably lying (Picture: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images)
If his lips are moving, Vladimir Putin is probably lying (Picture: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin is the world's biggest liar. Johnson doesn't even come close

The invasion of Ukraine began almost a year ago.
The invasion of Ukraine began almost a year ago.

The World Explained: A year into covering the conflict in Ukraine

The Kremlin has suggested Boris Johnson told “a lie” when he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to threaten him with a missile strike while he was prime minister.
The Kremlin has suggested Boris Johnson told “a lie” when he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to threaten him with a missile strike while he was prime minister.

Boris Johnson lied over Putin missile threat strike says Kremlin

Boris Johnson in Kyiv with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shortly before the invasion
Boris Johnson in Kyiv with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shortly before the invasion

Boris Johnson: Putin threatened to kill me with a missile

Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missiles

Novak Djokovic’s father has insisted he was unwittingly caught up in a pro-Russian demonstration at the Australian Open but has decided not to attend his son’s semi-final against Tommy Paul.
Novak Djokovic’s father has insisted he was unwittingly caught up in a pro-Russian demonstration at the Australian Open but has decided not to attend his son’s semi-final against Tommy Paul.

Djokovic’s father insists he unwittingly posed for photos with Putin supporters

A Ukrainian tank fires toward Russian position near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on January 26, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)
A Ukrainian tank fires toward Russian position near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on January 26, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)

Russia shifting war focus to Nato and the West, says EU official

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has agreed to send German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries to do the same (Picture: Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images)
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has agreed to send German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries to do the same (Picture: Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images)

Germany must play full part in defence of freedom – Scotsman comment

The parents of Serbia's Novak Djokovic, father Srdjan Djokovic (L) and mother Dijana Djokovic, react after he beats Russia's Andrey Rublev in the men's singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2023. (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
The parents of Serbia's Novak Djokovic, father Srdjan Djokovic (L) and mother Dijana Djokovic, react after he beats Russia's Andrey Rublev in the men's singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2023. (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Footage shows Novak Djokovic’s father at pro-Russian demonstration in Australia

Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin will not use nuclear weapons, comparing the Russian president to “the fat boy in Dickens” who wants to “make our flesh creep” with hollow threats.
Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin will not use nuclear weapons, comparing the Russian president to “the fat boy in Dickens” who wants to “make our flesh creep” with hollow threats.

Putin ‘wants to make our flesh creep’ but will not use nuclear weapons – Johnson

Wreckage from a crashed Ukrainian helicopter lies next to a kindergarten in Brovary, outside the capital Kyiv (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Wreckage from a crashed Ukrainian helicopter lies next to a kindergarten in Brovary, outside the capital Kyiv (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine tragedy yet another reason to back Kyiv to the hilt – Scotsman comment

The war in Ukraine has raised many human rights issues, the report said.
The war in Ukraine has raised many human rights issues, the report said.

‘Global North’ governments can no longer be relied upon to defend Human Rights

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused a global energy crisis as oil and gas prices soared (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused a global energy crisis as oil and gas prices soared (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Real energy security lies at the end of the road to net-zero carbon emissions

People stand kneeling as the Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Oleh Yurchenko killed in a battlefield with Russian forces in the Donetsk region during a commemoration ceremony in Independence Square in Kyiv. Picture: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky
People stand kneeling as the Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Oleh Yurchenko killed in a battlefield with Russian forces in the Donetsk region during a commemoration ceremony in Independence Square in Kyiv. Picture: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Two killed in east Ukraine as Russia claims it killed 600 in barracks strike

The ceasefire status between Russia and Ukraine is uncertain. Picture: AFP via Getty Images
The ceasefire status between Russia and Ukraine is uncertain. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Putin-ordered truce uncertain as Ukraine reject ceasefire

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone. Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone. Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Vladimir Putin orders 36-hour weekend ceasefire in Ukraine

Joe Biden met Vladimir Putin in June 2021 in Geneva (Picture: Peter Klaunzer/pool/Keystone via Getty Images)
Joe Biden met Vladimir Putin in June 2021 in Geneva (Picture: Peter Klaunzer/pool/Keystone via Getty Images)

Why negotiating with Putin over Ukraine is dangerous – Hugo Blewett-Mundy

Mariupol's drama theatre, pictured in April, was reduced to rubble and hundreds of women and children sheltering inside were killed during the Russian attack on the city (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
Mariupol's drama theatre, pictured in April, was reduced to rubble and hundreds of women and children sheltering inside were killed during the Russian attack on the city (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainians are fighting for an ordinary, peaceful life – Stewart McDonald

A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to fire with a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.
A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to fire with a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.

120 Russian missiles fired at Ukrainian infrastructure in night of bombardment

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Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.
Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.

Island sorely ruffled by RSPB Scotland plans to cut warden's job