From wartime Leningrad to a rat infested communal flat, Vladimir Putin’s harsh early years shaped the resilience, ambition and self belief that later defined Russia’s long serving president, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his grip on power by elevating younger loyalists amid growing instability inside the Kremlin as he ages, according to reports. On Sunday, The Telegraph ...

Officials and military figures from the circle of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have visibly aged — the head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov is already 70, but the dictator is in no ...