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Nigel Farage has made some surprising comments on Vladimir Putin. Credit: Getty/Kim Mogg

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin is to officially begin his fifth term in office at an inauguration ceremony in Moscow on Tuesday

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

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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

Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will use its nuclear weapons if the country or its independence is threatened. (Credit: Getty Images)

Putin warns of nukes

George Galloway on Brexit. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall

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Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in Russia, has died aged 47. (Credit: Getty images)

Body of Alexei Navalny is returned to his mother

People take part in a march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square organised by the various Ukrainian Community organisations based in London, to mark the two year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Picture: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire)

Putin branded a "terrorist" by protestors

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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

Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in Russia, has reportedly died aged 47. (Credit: Getty images)

Russian opposition leader dead

"Navalny" was an Oscar-winning documentary that was released in 2022 to critical acclaim - and more agitation from the Kremlin (Credit Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has secured an interview with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Picture: Getty Images

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Putin vs. The West: At War airs on BBC 2. Picture: BBC/Zinc Media/Alamy

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Putin is already the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin

Putin to run for Russian president in 2024 election

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Vladimir Putin sets date for Russia's new space station to launch

Russian President Vladimir Putin was reportedly "found on the floor" after suffering from a "cardiac arrest", according to a statement posted on social media site Telegram by General SVR. (Credit: Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

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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

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has rolled through Russia on an armoured train towards a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kim Jong Un rides on armoured train to meet Vladimir Putin

Kim Jong Un is reportedly travelling to meet Vladimir Putin. Credit: Getty/Kim Mogg

Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia to discuss Ukraine war with Putin

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

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The health of Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been speculated about

Vladimir Putin seen limping in new video as health rumours continue

Vladimir Putin and south African president Cyril Ramaphosa were due to reunite at a summit in Johannesburg next month, but the Russian leader has pulled out over fears he could be arrested. (Credit: AFP via Getty images)

Putin pulls out of South Africa summit over ICC arrest fears

The Russian president has pulled out of a planned appearance in South Africa next month after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest in March

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A mother and father have died, while the daughter is receiving treatment - Credit: Getty

Putin vows Russian retaliation after attack kills two on Kerch Bridge

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

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

The recaptured villages mark one of the first successes for Ukraine's counter-offensive against the Russian invasion (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Kyiv claims advances made by troops towards Bakhmut

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

The latest mutiny is far from the only dissent Putin has faced, with a raft of opposition from both politicians and other parties (NationalWorld/Getty)

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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’

A man holds the Russian national flag in front of a Wagner group military vehicle with the sign read as "Rostov" in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. Rebel mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who sent his fighters to topple the military leaders in Moscow will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped as part of a deal to avoid "bloodshed," the Kremlin said on June 24. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Rebellion ends with Yevgeny Prigozhin sent to Belarus

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

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations chaired by President Vladimir Putin in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai region, on May 19, 2023. (Photo by TATIANA BARYBINA/Press service of the governor of/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Chechen troops sent to Wagner Group conflict zones

Russian police officers patrol in an area outside PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on June 24, 2023. Credit: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images

Wagner Group explained as it launches ‘armed rebellion’ against Putin

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

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Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus this summer. (Credit: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin says Russia will deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus in July

Windfall tax on oil and gas profits to end if energy prices drop

Rescue workers have been attempting to have those affected by flooding caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine: Kherson shelled as aid workers try to help flood victims

The destruction of a dam in southern Ukraine has been labelled as a "war crime" committed by Russia, with towns such as Kherson impacted by flooding. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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Deputy head of Russia's security council Dmitry Medvedev (left) has said UK officials are 'legitimate military targets' due to its support of Ukraine (Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia says UK officials are 'military targets' due to Ukraine support

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

The purpose of placing sanctions would be to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

What Sunak has said about new UK sanctions imposed on Russia

Rishi Sunak at G7 summit. Credit: Getty

G7 summit: Sunak says West’s support for Ukraine ‘not going away’

It is not looking good for the UK to win on home soil as the bookmakers list their favourites to win Eurovision 2023 - Credit: Getty

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Let 3, representatives for Croatia, perform during the first dress rehearsal for Semi Final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 at M&S Bank Arena.

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M&S Bank Arena, the venue of Eurovision 2023 - Credit: M&S Bank Arena

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