Putin called 2025 the "year of the Defender of the Motherland" in his New Year's Eve address on Tuesday.

Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but ...

Speaking on the 25th anniversary of his rule, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered an upbeat and vague New Year’s Eve ...

Principal male dancer Sergei Polunin, 35, became the Royal ... of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre in annexed Crimea in 2019. He became a key supporter of Putin;s invasion of Ukraine ...

Sergei Polunin has been a vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin, sporting three tattoos on his body bearing the Russian President's likeness. Listen to Story Sergei Polunin became Royal Ballet's youngest ...

Sergei Polunin, a former star at London’s Royal Ballet, has announced his decision to leave Russia with his family.

a former star at London’s Royal Ballet, has announced his decision to leave Russia with his family. The Ukrainian-Russian dancer – famous for his tattoos of Vladimir Putin – was one of the ...

A Russian ballet star has said he’s leaving the country with his family because his ‘soul’ doesn’t feel like it’s in the right place. Polunin has also been a big supporter of Putin’s ...

was a leading soloist with the British Royal Ballet until 2012. The dancer openly supported the Russian occupation of Crimea and Donbass, for which he was granted Russian citizenship in 2018. As a ...