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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Putin Offers Rare Glimpse Inside His Kremlin Apartment, a Lavish Gold and White Space with a Private Gym
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a rare look into his private quarters in a new documentary. Twenty-five years after rising to power, Putin gave a series of interviews to journalist Pavel Zarubin for Russian television outlet Rossiya 1. The result is a film titled Moscow. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years, which offers viewers another side to the stern-faced politician. In the film, Putin, 72, welcomed Zarubin into his personal apartment inside the Kremlin, an impressive space decorated in shades of white and gold. He told the interviewer that he's been living primarily out of the apartment for the last three years, which coincides with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Related: Trump Says He Was a 'Bit Sarcastic' When He Promised to End Ukraine War Within 24 Hours of Taking Office Putin explained that it's a personal space, noting that he's shared tea in the apartment with President Bill Clinton — an indicator of their close relationship. When Zarubin asked after the Russian president's grandchildren, Putin conceded that, while his family are welcome to visit him there, 'they understand that I have a non-stop schedule.' While he admitted that he 'rarely' plays the impressive white piano, Putin said that he does spend significant time each day in the apartment's 'most important' area: the private gym. Amid the tour, Putin and Zarubin sat down at his dining room table to drink kefir and discuss more about the Russian leader's time in power. Putin admitted that he thinks about who will succeed him 'all the time.' In 2024, the Russian leader won his fifth presidential election with 88% of the vote, extending his rule until 2030. In terms of a successor, Putin said he hopes that multiple candidates will emerge so that 'the people have a choice.' However, he warned that the Russian population's trust would have to be won in order for the new leader to accomplish 'anything serious.' Related: Trump Secretly Shared COVID-19 Tests with Putin and Stayed in Touch After Presidency, Bob Woodward Claims While his election results seem to indicate that the Russian leader is almost universally beloved, Zarubin noted that he often comes off as 'cold-blooded and reserved." The interviewer then asked if he ever feels the urge to haul off and hit someone. 'Always,' Putin replied. 'I'm living with it, but I'm struggling with it.' Somewhat ironically, Putin's apartment tour had one notable portrait on display: Tsar Alexander III, whose nickname was 'The Peacemaker.' While Russia was in peacetime throughout his rule, Alexander III also increased censorship in the country and implemented Russification policies, like only teaching the Russian language in schools and dismantling religious institutions other than Eastern Orthodoxy. As for his own efforts at peace, Putin referenced the war in Ukraine, which he spun as a 'special military operation.' Russia invaded the neighboring country in February 2022 and the violent conflict has so far caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, in addition to significant troop losses. Contributor/Getty Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on September 30, 2022 Putin ominously said that 'so far' there has been no need for Russia to use its arsenal of nuclear weapons during the conflict. 'I hope they will not be required,' he added. 'We have enough strength and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires.' Related: Jude Law Confirms He's Playing Vladimir Putin in a New Movie: 'How Am I Going to Do This?' Despite his threats of military domination, in other parts of the documentary, Putin is depicted as universally beloved by his people, with millions of Russians cheering him on at massive rallies. The president also attempts a humble image, with clips of him warmly embracing supporters, joking with children in the hospital and playfully straightening a soldier's tie. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. It's a study in contrast for a former KGB officer who became one of the most powerful men in the world — even as he claims not to embrace it. 'I have a feeling that I don't feel like a politician, a person who sits and dictates the fate of his country,' Putin told Zarubin. 'I continue to breathe the same air with millions of citizens of Russia.' Read the original article on People
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Putin's Shocking Ukraine Declaration In Powerful Interview Rattles West
/ May 05, 2025, 04:09PM IST Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a cryptic message to the West in comments in a documentary, marking his quarter century in power by state television channel Rossiya 1. The documentary was released on Sunday. Putin said that reconciliation with Ukraine is inevitable, 'it's a matter of time' and added that there has so far been no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin said he lives with the urge but fights it when asked if he ever feels like punching someone? Watch.
Al Jazeera
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Putin expresses ‘hope' that nuclear weapons will not be needed in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that there has so far been no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, expressing 'hope' that they will not be required. Putin said his country had enough 'strength and means' to bring the three-year war, sparked by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, to a 'logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires'. His comments were part of a documentary marking his quarter century in power by state television channel Rossiya 1 that was released on Sunday. Responding to a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin about the Russian response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Putin said: 'There has been no need to use those [nuclear] weapons … and I hope they will not be required.' His comments came ahead of his unilaterally declared three-day ceasefire over May 8-10 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War II, an initiative that he claimed would test Kyiv's readiness for long-term peace. Moscow earlier rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire proposed by Kyiv and Washington in March. Speaking during a visit to the Czech Republic, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he did 'not believe' Russia would adhere to its truce. 'This is not the first challenge, nor are these the first promises made by Russia to cease fire,' he said. 'Today and all these days they are talking about wanting some kind of partial ceasefire, but you should know, for example, that the number of assaults today is the highest in recent months,' Zelenskyy said, citing a military report showing Russia had carried out more than 200 attacks on Saturday. 'So there is no faith [in them],' he said, calling on Kyiv's allies to increase pressure on Russia at a joint press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel on day one of his two-day visit to the country. Pavel, a former NATO general, said Putin could end the war with 'a single decision', but he had not shown any 'willingness' to do so. With the two countries still at odds over competing ceasefire proposals, hostilities persist. Russia fired two ballistic missiles and a total of 165 exploding drones and decoys overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Of those, 69 were intercepted and a further 80 lost, likely having been electronically jammed. Two people were killed by Russian guided bombs Sunday, one each in the and Sumy regions, Ukrainian officials said. A Russian drone attack overnight on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, wounded 11 people, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Sunday. Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 13 Ukrainian drones overnight. The governor of Russia's Bryansk region said Ukrainian forces struck an electrical equipment factory close to the border with Ukraine, destroying much of the plant but causing no casualties.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Putin offers Russian and Ukrainian rare minerals to US
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is open to offering the US access to Russia's rare minerals, including from Russian-occupied comes after US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for Ukraine to give up some of its minerals in exchange for support, in a deal which is currently being finalised, according to a Ukrainian an interview on Russian state-owned broadcaster Rossiya 1 on Monday, Putin said he was ready to "offer" resources to American partners in joint projects, including mining in Russia's "new territories".The proposal could also see the two countries collaborating on aluminium extraction and supply to the US to stabilise prices, he added. In his televised interview, Putin countered Trump's push to access Ukraine's mineral deposits, saying they were ready to work with "foreign partners" including companies on mining has been facing growing pressure from the Trump administration to sign the deal, which has ended up in the centre of the growing rift between the US and Ukrainian deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Olga Stefanishyna, posted on X on Monday that negotiations on a deal allowing US access to Ukrainian mineral deposits, "have been very constructive, with nearly all key details finalised".Similarly - albeit in a different approach to the US - the European Union has also proposed a partnership with Ukraine that would give it access to minerals in what the the European Commissioner for industrial strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, called a "win-win".Kyiv estimates that about 5% of the world's critical raw materials are in Ukraine. However, some of the mineral deposits have been seized by Russia in the three years since its invasion of said a potential US-Ukraine deal on rare minerals was not a concern and that Russia "undoubtedly have, I want to emphasise, significantly more resources of this kind than Ukraine". "As for the new territories, it's the same. We are ready to attract foreign partners to the so-called new, to our historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation," he also suggested that Russia and the US could collaborate on aluminium production in Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, where one Russian aluminium maker, Rusal, has its largest smelters. Putin's televised comments followed a cabinet meeting on Russia's natural Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists the proposal opened up "quite broad prospects", adding that the US needed rare earth minerals and Russia had "a lot of them".
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy accuses Putin of being 'afraid' of peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Vladimir Putin of being 'afraid' to negotiate after his Russian counterpart refused to engage in peace talks with him and once again questioned his legitimacy. The latest exchange between the two leaders came amid mounting pressure on both sides from President Donald Trump to end the war. Trump last week threatened Moscow with a new tranche of sanctions, saying that Zelenskyy was ready to negotiate a 'deal' to end the war that has been grinding on for almost three years. Writing late Tuesday in a post on X, Zelenskyy said that 'Putin once again confirmed that he is afraid of negotiations, afraid of strong leaders, and does everything possible to prolong the war.' He made the comment after Putin told state broadcaster Rossiya 1 that the Ukrainian leader 'has no right to sign anything' because of his 'illegitimacy.' Shortly after Russia unilaterally declared its annexation of areas in and around four eastern Ukrainian regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia — in September 2022, Zelenskyy issued a decree formally declaring talks with Putin 'impossible,' although it left the door open to talks with Russia. Putin said Tuesday that this should be revoked by Ukraine's parliament before any talks could take place and that the 'legitimacy' of negotiators from Kyiv should be 'verified by lawyers.' 'We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better,' he added. Putin's repetition of his claim that Zelenskyy is not Ukraine's legitimate leader appear to stem in part from the martial law banning elections that Zelenskyy imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion Feb. 24, 2022. If the law had not been in place, Zelenskyy's term would have ended in May last year. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev followed Putin's remarks Wednesday, telling the Russian news agency Ria Novosti that Zelenskyy 'has simply become illegitimate' and 'he may even try to get re-elected, but this is extremely dangerous for him.' World leaders' calculations regarding the war in Ukraine have changed in recent weeks, as Trump began his second term and hopes are rising that ceasefire talks are on the horizon. Even so, "what looks like a growing consensus in the West that some form of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine is coming closer doesn't always take account of whether Russia and Ukraine themselves might see negotiations as viable or even useful," Keir Giles, a defense analyst at London's Chatham House think tank, told NBC News. While European leaders have accelerated planning for a worst-case scenario in which the Kremlin pushes troops further into the continent and Washington does not come to their aid, Trump has made increasingly strong threats against his Russian counterpart. Trump's claim that he would end the Ukraine war in one day after taking office did not come to pass, although members of his national security team have in recent weeks acknowledged the difficulties of brokering a possible peace accord. 'Let's set it at 100 days and move all the way back and figure a way we can do this in the near term to make sure that the solution is solid, it's sustainable, and that this war ends so that we stop the carnage,' retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump's pick to serve as special envoy to Ukraine, told Fox News last month. Still, the conflict has shown no signs of de-escalating despite Trump's departure from the warmer sentiments he conveyed during his first term. 'If we don't make a 'deal,' and soon," Trump said last week in a social media post, "I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries.' That shift in tone toward Russia is a "wildcard" in efforts by the Trump administration to end the war, Giles said, and "a striking and remarkable shift from his first term in office." "Observers of Trump have noticed that what he says does not always translate directly into what he directs his administration to do," he told NBC News, adding that even a superficial change in tone is "a cause for Ukraine and its friends to have limited optimism." Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian state press Monday that no one from the Trump administration had so far reached out to the Kremlin to set up a meeting with Putin. For his part, Zelenskyy called Trump's threats of sanctions 'just and fair' in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to make territorial gains in Ukraine after capturing the village of Dvorichna in northeastern Kharkiv, the army said Tuesday. This article was originally published on
