Vladimir Putin
Letters: Was Farage close to the mark in remarks about Nato and Russia?
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TV PREVIEW
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![Volodymyr Zelensky](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13880319.jpg)
![Volodymyr Zelensky](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13880319.jpg)
![The HMB moniker belongs to Yevgeniy Strzhalkovskiy, son of Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy, multi-millionaire, Russian oligarch and bureaucrat and former KGB comrade of one Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18067717.jpg)
![The HMB moniker belongs to Yevgeniy Strzhalkovskiy, son of Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy, multi-millionaire, Russian oligarch and bureaucrat and former KGB comrade of one Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18067717.jpg)
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Spotlight
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![It looks increasingly likely that Donald Trump will beat Joe Biden](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17841734.jpg)
![It looks increasingly likely that Donald Trump will beat Joe Biden](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17841734.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin poses a greater threat to the West than he appeared to in 2014](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17928573.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin poses a greater threat to the West than he appeared to in 2014](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17928573.jpg)
![The US Government has sanctioned Scottish LPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17917072.jpg)
![The US Government has sanctioned Scottish LPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17917072.jpg)
![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17558837.jpg)
![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17558837.jpg)
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Explained
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![An employee arranges bottles of sparkling wine at a supermarket in Moscow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17834405.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Vladimir Putin and Angus Robertson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818439.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin and Angus Robertson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818439.jpg)
![Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) embraces his spouse Yulia Navalnaya (L) attend a mass march marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2016 in Moscow, Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17775700.jpg)
![Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) embraces his spouse Yulia Navalnaya (L) attend a mass march marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2016 in Moscow, Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17775700.jpg)
Spotlight
![A vigil was held in Edinburgh after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17762091.jpg)
![A vigil was held in Edinburgh after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17762091.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting as he visits the State Healthcare Institution](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17762593.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting as he visits the State Healthcare Institution](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17762593.jpg)
DAVID PRATT
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![Should the SNP stick to its policy of getting rid of Trident?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7890494.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17689910.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17689910.jpg)
![Could British youngsters soon be called up to fight Vladimir Putin's armies in the east?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17678448.jpg)
![Could British youngsters soon be called up to fight Vladimir Putin's armies in the east?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17678448.jpg)
Spotlight
![Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Donald Trump winning the Iowa caucus](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17661891.jpg)
![Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Donald Trump winning the Iowa caucus](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17661891.jpg)
![A policeman stands in front of a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, on January 5, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17660399.jpg)
![A policeman stands in front of a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, on January 5, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17660399.jpg)
![Donald Trump was triumphant in Iowa](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17650530.jpg)
![Donald Trump was triumphant in Iowa](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17650530.jpg)
!['We must remain resolute in our backing of Zelenskyy and Ukraine'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13530984.jpg)
!['We must remain resolute in our backing of Zelenskyy and Ukraine'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13530984.jpg)
![Zaur Askenderov has strong links to the Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17618542.jpg)
![Zaur Askenderov has strong links to the Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17618542.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13919738.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13919738.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
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![The BBC's Katya Adler takes the temperature of the new Cold War](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17202144.jpg)
![Grant Shapps arrives in Downing Street](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17174573.jpg)
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Spotlight
![Ukrainian singer Elzara Batalova](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17172449.jpg)
![Ukrainian singer Elzara Batalova](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17172449.jpg)
![Russian officials, such as Putin's 'chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin, are facing sanctions. Photograph: Getty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7532974.jpg)
![Russian officials, such as Putin's 'chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin, are facing sanctions. Photograph: Getty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7532974.jpg)
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NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ
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![Is the question even realistic? Or an attempt to troll Mr Putin and wind up his nationalist base?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16850910.jpg)
![Is the question even realistic? Or an attempt to troll Mr Putin and wind up his nationalist base?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16850910.jpg)
Exclusive
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![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13919738.jpg)
War in Ukraine
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![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky meet during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16801921.jpg)
![UK to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, defence secretary confirms](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13970687.jpg)
![UK to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, defence secretary confirms](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13970687.jpg)
![Ukraine has denied being responsible for a drone attack on the Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16738392.jpg)
![Ukraine has denied being responsible for a drone attack on the Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16738392.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15823731.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15823731.jpg)
![The then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. The author is on the left, showing Mr Blair where to sign.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12831406.jpg)
![The then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. The author is on the left, showing Mr Blair where to sign.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12831406.jpg)
![Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin due to war in Ukraine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16533304.jpg)
![Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin due to war in Ukraine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16533304.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin lays flowers near the Kremlin Wall on Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day yesterday – the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16488636.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin lays flowers near the Kremlin Wall on Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day yesterday – the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16488636.jpg)
Letters
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![Russia flies nuclear bombers over sea north of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16462590.jpg)
![Russia flies nuclear bombers over sea north of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16462590.jpg)
![Couples Therapy: Orna Guralnik , Showtime Network](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16441343.jpg)
![Couples Therapy: Orna Guralnik , Showtime Network](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16441343.jpg)
![Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon in Nolly](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16419728.jpg)
![Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon in Nolly](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16419728.jpg)
TV REVIEW
![The Wagner Group, Putin's Chef and another UK Government scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15804136.jpg)
![The Wagner Group, Putin's Chef and another UK Government scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15804136.jpg)
![View of the BAE Systems yard in Govan. File photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16158323.jpg)
![View of the BAE Systems yard in Govan. File photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16158323.jpg)
![Putin must be held to account over despicable war crimes, says Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16031078.jpg)
![Putin must be held to account over despicable war crimes, says Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16031078.jpg)
![Kharkiv region governor Oleh Syniehubov said the convoy was struck in the Kupiansy district.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15998734.jpg)
![Kharkiv region governor Oleh Syniehubov said the convoy was struck in the Kupiansy district.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15998734.jpg)
![Vladmir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15095378.jpg)
![Vladmir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15095378.jpg)
![Boris Johnson press conference today: What will the PM discuss?. (PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13659448.jpg)
![Boris Johnson press conference today: What will the PM discuss?. (PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13659448.jpg)
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