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US President Donald Trump appeared to mistakenly believe that Russian hockey player Alex Ovechkin was actually Canadian during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Donald Trump makes major blunder - who is Alex Ovechkin?

Inna Tliashinova poses in undated photo. She became a defendant in a case of tax evasion.

Get-rich-quick Russian influencer goes on the run - over unpaid taxes

McDonald's is looking to return to Russia

McDonald's, Rolex and Chanel among big brands returning to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia declares ceasefire in Ukraine to celebrate Victory Day

Russian underground rapper and blogger Pasha the Technician has died in Thailand following what his family and management described as a case of "severe poisoning."

Rapper dies after 'severe poisoning'

Russian porn star Alexei Oleinik, 43, claims he has 'balls of steel' after his genitals were struck by shrapnel during combat.

Porn star claims he has 'balls of steel' after genital injury

Kim Yaroshevskaya dead at 101: She was best known as an actress and children’s entertainer

Actress and children’s entertainer Kim Yaroshevskaya has died at 101

Russian Millionaire influencer and crypto businessman Sergei Kosenko allegedly throws his two-month-old son into a snowdrift, undated. Kosenko claims it was a doll in the footage and not his son. Online he is known as Mr Thank You Note: Picture is screenshot from a video. ()

Arrest ordered of tycoon Mr Thank You for throwing baby into snow

Russian TV presenter Victoria Bonya holds Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk's championship belt in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. She was criticized for this photo and suspected of financing Ukrainian army. Note: Picture is private used in local media

Russian model faces treason inquiry after supporting boxer Usyk

Anna Sedokova has posted an emotional tribute to Jānis Timma after he was found dead. Photo:annasedokova/Instagram

As Jānis Timma is found dead, who is his former wife Anna Sedokova?

Latvian basketball player Jānis Timma has been found dead on the birthday of his former wife, actress Anna Sedokova. Here he is in action during the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying basketball Semi Final match between Latvia and Puerto Rico at Kombank Arena on July 08, 2016 in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images

Basketball player Jānis Timma has been found dead

A drunk woman attacked a flight attendant on a plane before assaulting a police officer after she was detained on arrival causing her child to cry

Drunk woman attacks flight attendant on plane and assaults police

Photo shows adult film actress Lyubov Bushueva, known as Lola Taylor, 31, from Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Russia, undated. She allegedly suffered a nervous breakdown due to her work and was hospitalized. Note: Picture is private used in local media.

Porn star hospitalised by nervous breakdown because of her work

BMW rams into street sweeper in Moscow

BMW rams street sweeper vehicle crossing road and skittles it over

Playboy model and Bachelor contestant Veronika Murashkina, 31, from Toguchin, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, undated. She died from lung disease, and had long-term treatment after being hit by a car. (Veronika Murashkina, NF/newsX)

Playboy model and Bachelor contestant dies awaiting lung transplant

People look at lions in Taigan safari park in the town of Belogorsk on October 30, 2015.

Zookeeper mauled to death by lions

An Air India Boeing 787 flight, which had been due to land in Birmingham, was forced into an emergency landing in Moscow.

Boeing 787 flight to UK forced into emergency landing in Moscow
A Boeing 787 flight which was due to land in the UK has been forced to perform an emergency landing in Russia due to “technical problems”.
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Altamura Vodka that has now launched in the UK

Italian vodka praised for 'no gimmicks' reminded me of Russian secret

Eyebrows were raised after US actor Steven Seagal made an appearance at Vladimir Putin's inauguration. (Credit: Getty Images)

Hollywood actor backs Putin

A 39-year-old woman plunged 170ft to her death while taking a selfie from a popular clifftop viewing platform in Georgia. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Tourist plunges to death from cliff-top

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 6, 2024 present the government's annual budget to Parliament.

Jeremy Hunt warns of Russian propaganda after Moscow terror attack

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow

Moscow terror attack death toll rises

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22, 2024. Picture: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Dozens dead in attack at concert

Russia has terminated a longstanding fishing agreement with the UK in response to sanctions imposed against them. Picture: Getty

Russia tells Brits 'lose weight'

Floral tributes the Russian Embassy in London the Russian Embassy in London, for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who died on Friday Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Protests grow over Putin's 'murder' of Navalny

Explainer What would happen in the event of a nuclear attack on the UK?

Grandmother, Natalia, 50, kisses her grandson Ostap, 4, while being reunited on April 20, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. Credit: John Moore / Getty Images

Russia returns four abducted Ukrainian children to their families

This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome on 13 September, 2023, ahead of planned talks that could lead to a weapons deal with Russian President. Credit: Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea backs Russia’s ‘fight’ against the West, Kim tells Putin
Kim Jong Un said North Korea will always stand with Russia on the “anti-imperialist front”, in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Sheet of paper with portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, is placed at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 26.

Prigozhin: Wagner chief among 10 confirmed dead in Russian jet crash

A law enforcement officer works at the site of the plane crash near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, on August 24.

Prigozhin: Bodies and flight recorder recovered from jet crash site

Yevgeny Prigozhin isn't the first opponent of Putin to meet an untimely demise

Foes of Putin who suffered mysterious demises similar to Prigozhin

The official state Christmas holiday has been moved from 7 January to 25 December in Ukraine as the country continues to cut cultural ties to Russia. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine moves Christmas Day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that "war is returning to the territory of Russia" after three drones targeted Moscow over the weekend. (Credit: Getty Images)

Zelensky warns 'war is returning to Russia' after Moscow strikes

Rescuers stand outside a residential building partially destroyed after missiles strike in Dnipro on July 28, 2023 (Photo by VITALII MATOKHA/AFP via Getty Images)

At least 9 injured after Russian missiles hit Dnipro

Missiles were shot towards the Black Sea port city of Odessa after Russia exited a grain export deal. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Russia destroys 'massive' Ukrainian grain stock in Odesa strikes

Yevgeny Prigozhin was once a close ally of Vladimir Putin but the Wagner Group boss rejected a deal to sign new military contracts after the attempted Moscow rebellion last month. (Credit: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Russia: Wagner Group leader rejects Putin's military ultimatum

New statistical analysis has estimated the total number of Russia' war dead amid the war in Ukraine. (Credit: Getty images)

New data shows Russia has lost almost 50,000 men in Ukraine war so far

Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow (Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's whereabouts unknown as Wagner Group mutiny shakes Russia

An attempted rebellion on Moscow, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin (front), has left Putin's grip on power in Russia in a weaker position than ever before. (Credit: Getty Images/NationalWorld)

Analysis Why the thwarted Moscow rebellion has made Putin 'weaker'

Kyiv is confident that Putin's time in power is coming to an end after the attempted mutiny in Moscow led by Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. (Credit: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Kyiv says 'countdown has started' to end of Putin's time as president

How many children does Vladimir Putin have?

Vladimir Putin has addressed the Russian public for the first time since the attempted rebellion in Moscow (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Russia calls off investigation into Wagner Group's armed rebellion

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address, on June 24, 2023, as Wagner fighters stage rebellion. Credit: Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s ‘armed mutiny’ ends as Wagner chief looks to ‘stop bloodshed’

While Vladimir Putin is supposed to be focused on his relentless invasion of Ukraine, he has now been confronted with an armed mutiny at home. Credit: Getty Images

Wagner ‘mutiny’ is catastrophic for Putin’s authority in Ukraine war Imogen Howse

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

The impact from the dam's destruction has been felt across the wider region, threatening agriculture and drinking water in addition to the damage caused by floodwaters. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/Getty Images)

Car 'filled with explosives' snapped on Ukrainian dam before collapse

Ukraine is expected to launch its counter offensive in the coming weeks, following a barrage of attacks on Kyiv and a drone strike on Moscow. (Credit: Getty Images/NationalWorld)

Analysis How close is Ukraine to launching its counter offensive?

A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow (Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Moscow drone attack - could Ukrainian drones reach Russia?

A view of a damaged multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on May 30, 2023. Credit: Getty Images

Russia accuses Ukraine of launching ‘terrorist’ drone attack on Moscow

A man carries water containers along the street in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky denies Bakhmut has fallen to Putin’s troops

Kyiv has been targeted once again by Russian missiles, with an "exceptional" amount of missiles sent to the city on Tuesday 16 May. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer Kyiv hit with ‘exceptional’ amount of missiles in Russian onslaught

A Ukrainian soldier walks through Bakhmut on 23 April (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine reclaims important bridgehead from Russia in Bakhmut battle

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

(Clockwise from left) Zelensky visits The Hague, the International Court of Justice and the entrance to the International Criminal Court (Photos: Getty Images)

The history of The Hague explained as Zelensky makes surprise visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a speech at the World Forum in The Hague, on May 4, 2023, as part of his first visit in Netherlands. Credit: Getty Images

Russain air strikes hit Ukraine as Zelensky visits the Hague