Vladimir Putin

A Russian soldier in the ruins of the Mariupol drama theatre, bombed in March last year despite a large sign saying children were sheltering there (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's threats are unnecessary. We already know how terrifying he is

The murderous Vladimir Putin and Winnie the Pooh-lookalike Xi Jinping toast each other during a reception in March this year (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's arrest warrant for US Senator offers a vision of a world run by tyrants

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the party's net zero energy strategy during a visit to Scotland's oil and gas heartland in Aberdeen next month. Picture: Robert Perry/PA

Labour plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas branded ‘pie in the sky’

A rescuer putting out a fire in a building as a result of falling debris after a massive drone attack mainly targeting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Picture: Pavlo Petrov/State Emergency Service of Ukrai/AFP via Getty Images

Kyiv hit by largest Russian drone attack since start of war

A damaged residential building in Dnipropetrovsk region, which was targeted by Russian forces earlier this week.

One killed and 15 injured in Ukrainian hospital attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow in April.

Analysis: Do not overlook trouble brewing in Belarus and Moldova

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Plans reveal Vladimir Putin’s secret bunker beneath the Black Sea

Staff at The Stand comedy venues in Edinburgh were said to feel MP Joanna Cherry's views on gender were far too upsetting to be aired (Picture: Kate Chandler)

Readers' Letters: If you're that upset, get out there and change the world

A woman carries her child past residential buildings in Uman, Ukraine, after they were damaged by Russian missile strikes (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Three scenarios for the Ukraine war's next phrase and what each means for China

The solitary Soviet era T-34 tank parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow at the weekend.

The biggest irony of Russia’s Victory Day event? Where its parade tank was made

A car hit by the remains of a Russian drone shot down over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is loaded onto a truck (Picture: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe Day and Eurovision provide an eloquent response to Putin's 'Victory Day'

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow.

‘Civilisation is at a turning point’ says Putin at Victory Day celebrations

Russian President Vladimir Putin was not in the Kremlin when a drone apparently exploded above the building (Picture: Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

There can be no pity for murderous Putin – Scotsman comment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands next to Dutch Senate president Jan Anthonie Bruijn and Dutch House of Representatives president Vera Bergkamp ahead of a meeting, in The Hague, as part of his first visit in Netherlands.

Attacks on Ukraine amid Kremlin 'assassination attempt' row

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a drone attack

Russia accuses Ukraine of Kremlin drone strike

Tinder will cease operating in Russia

Dating app Tinder to stop operating in Russia following Ukraine war

Professor Geoffrey Hinton has warned about the potential for AI to be used by 'bad actors' (Picture: Julian Simmonds/Shutterstock (13895858l)

We all must listen to wake-up call about potential threats posed by AI robots

Dr Steven Main at his Russian Military Studies Office. Picture: John Devlin

The Russian military studies expert studying Putin from his Bathgate archive

A Kremlin spokesman has denied that Putin is using body doubles after health concerns

Putin spokesperson claims Russian president ‘doesn’t use body double’

China's Xin Jinping told Vladimir Putin last month that, together, they were changing the world in a way not seen for 100 years (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland is over-exposed to authoritarian China's influence – Stewart McDonald

A protest against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine outside the Russian consulate in Edinburgh. The Russian flag can be seen in the background (Picture: Lesley Martin/PA)

Yousaf should call for Putin's diplomats in Edinburgh to be expelled from UK

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited headquarters of the Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

Ukraine-Russia: Vladimir Putin visits occupied territories

French President Emmanuel Macron was given the red-carpet treatment on his visit to China (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

Macron's appeasement of China puts global security at risk – Azeem Ibrahim

Vladimir Kara-Murza has been jailed for 25 years for treason and other trumped-up charges by a Russian court (Picture: Handout/Moscow City Court press service/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's treatment of critics and journalists may help bring about his downfall

Russian president Vladimir Putin is undergoing chemotherapy treatment, according to top secret US documents leaked from the Pentagon - Credit: Getty Images

Vladimir Putin undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer

Ukrainian T64 tanks move towards Bakhmut, in Donetsk, amid bitter fighting over the town (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine War heading for a crucial phrase as Kyiv prepares spring offensive

U2's lead singer Bono holds up the arms of Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, left, and SDLP leader John Hume at a concert to promote the Good Friday Agreement (Picture: Gerry Penny/AFP via Getty Images)

Good Friday Agreement is a sign of what true leaders can achieve

Roddy Gow OBE, Chairman, Asia Scotland Institute

Talk of bromance between Russia and China may be premature - Roddy Gow

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile car as he makes a tour of St. Peter's square following the Easter Sunday mass. Picture: Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

Pray for Ukrainian and Russian people and refugees, urges Pope

Energy giant Shell expects boost in gas production

Donald Trump sits with his lawyers during his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday (Picture: Timothy A Clary/pool/Getty Images)

UK must resist Trump-style populism to restore public confidence in politics

Finnish, Nato and US flags during a Nato foreign ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels. Picture: Johanna Geron/AFP via Getty Images

Finland hands over documents to become Nato member

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has graciously conceded defeat in national elections (Picture: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images)

Democratic Finland's entry into Nato is defensive response to Putin's aggression

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's government applied to join Nato last year.

Finland to become 31st member of Nato after Turkish parliament lifts block

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi shake hands in Tehran in July last year (Picture: Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

If ICC can issue arrest warrant for Putin, it can do so for Iran’s brutal regime

17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping stresses close ties with ‘dear friend’ Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)

What image is Vladimir Putin trying to portray from PR drive?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

What will Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia mean for Ukraine?

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

International Criminal Court issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to China's president Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand last September. Picture: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping to make state visit to Moscow

Mark Galeotti, writer and analyst on Russian security affairs, looked at the issue of ‘What does defeat in Ukraine tell us about Putin's Russia?’ at the annual Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh.

Ukraine’s secret weapon against invasion is Vladimir Putin, expert claims

Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images

Wimbledon to lift ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Exiled Belarusian pro-democracy leader given 15 year jail sentence in absentia

Mr Duguid has blamed Putin’s war for the rise in energy bills.

More than 125,000 energy bill support payments sent to Banff and Buchan resident...

Gavin Matthews of Solas

Friends of The Scotsman: Putin tramples Ukraine but judgment will come

Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural

Ukraine issues Banksy stamps showing Vladimir Putin in judo match

The Disasters Emergency Committee has released a moving 60-second film titled ‘Never Alone’ highlighting the UK public’s hugely generous response to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal which has raised over £400 million, one year since the conflict escalated.

Watch 'You’ll Never Walk Alone' video from Disasters Emergency Committee

Ukrainian soldiers help an elderly woman to cross a destroyed bridge as she evacuates the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Date and details of national one-minute silence for Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, speaks during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

UK willing to supply jets to allies so they can send fighter planes to Ukraine

Crowds during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

China calls for ceasefire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier flashes a V-for-victory sign during the defence of Kyiv in March last year (Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Horrific prospect of Putin victory should galvanise support for Ukraine in West

Varvara Shevtsova is studying in Dundee.

Ukraine one year on: ‘Every day a body is brought back from the front line'

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A computer generated image issued by Transport Scotland of the proposed debris flow shelter

£470m road shelter planned to shield A83 Rest and Be Thankful from landslides

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Criticism of the Scottish Government’s stewardship of NHS Scotland, or indeed any area of devolution, is often met with whataboutery from ministers who assure the Scottish public things are just as bad south of the border.

Analysis: Scottish Government can no longer indulge in whataboutery on NHS