Vladimir Putin

All smiles as Donald Trump greets Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, ahead of a meeting last year. Picture: Andrew Harnik

Europe must try to make Trump's favours for Putin a US election issue Scotsman comment

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

UK's 'solidarity' with Zelensky after Trump calls

Sky's docu-drama The Wargame sees former government ministers, including Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, try to deal with a possible Russian attack (Picture: Justin Downing)

Warning signs of Russia-Nato war are multiplying. Britain must rearm Scotsman comment

A protester holds a painting of Russian despot Vladimir Putin, showing his head made up of many skulls, during an election-day demonstration outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany (Picture: Jens Schlater)

How Putin may have revealed just how afraid he is of his own people Scotsman comment

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth, Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill this week (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: The decision was made in 2014 – get over it

Fires rage following massive Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian capital Kyiv earlier this month (Picture: Evgen Kotenko)

Why Burnham's comparison of Putin's regime with Nazis is so important Scotsman comment

Ukraine and Iran: why military strength doesn’t mean winning wars

Two survivors of a Russian missile strike that partially destroyed a residential building in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 30 survey the damage (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn)

High civilian deaths in Ukraine show Putin hasn't learned Blitz lesson Scotsman comment

People queue to refuel their cars at a Lukoil petrol station in Moscow after Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries and other infrastructure (Picture: Igor Ivanko)

Ukraine war isn't going well for Russia. How serious is it for Putin? Dr Alexander Titov

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth (right) at the first meeting of the new Scottish Cabinet at Bute House on May 22 this year (Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Are Scotland's leaders fit for public life?

A pro-EU billboard from 2018 makes the point that Vladimir Putin would have been delighted by the Brexit decision (Picture: Daniel Sorabji)

Putin celebrated Brexit and he'll be revelling in Labour's disarray Joyce McMillan

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with acting governor of the Bryansk region in Moscow on May 13. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Putin to visit China to reaffirm Russia ties

The leaders of Scotland's political parties got together to debate issues in Paisley at the weekend (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A time for tactics

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney 'very concerned' on Russian threat and UK's ability to respond

SNP MSP Paul McLennan has questioned East Lothian Council's attitude to private speech therapists in schools (Picture: Fraser Bremner-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Ban on private speech therapists unfair

Ukrainian soldiers have fought Russian forces to a standstill (Picture: John Moore)

Scotland must stand with Ukraine against Putin until the end Scotsman comment

First Minister John Swinney opens Scotland's first GP walk-in clinic, at Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre, Edinburgh, on 11 February (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: That's one walk-in clinic open, we will we see the rest?

The UK Government plans to increase defence spending.

Exclusive Scots MP calls for increased defence spending 'as fast as possible'

Leader Nigel Farage at a Reform UK rally in Birmingham this week (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It's rich that billionaires are so keen to knock UK

Donald Trump shakes hands with Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Alaska in August last year (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

As Putin teases Ukraine 'ceasefire', we must remember what he truly is Scotsman comment

The Traitors is based on secrets and lies and questions about who can you trust (Picture: Ian West)

How The Traitors helps explain what's going wrong with the world Joyce McMillan

'Special relationship' is over - why UK needs a new western alliance Euan McColm

US President Donald Trump

Breaking UK will not sign Donald Trump's board of peace, says foreign secretary

Jack Nicholson plays Colonel Nathan Jessup in the Rob Reiner film A Few Good Men

Can we handle the truth of what's in the best interests of the West? Paul Wilson

The Scotsman has been reporting a rising tide of violence in schools (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Readers' Letters: Schools must get tough on unruly pupils

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were all smiles when they met in Alaska in August (Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

Sorley MacLean would recognise 'dead loathsomeness' of Trump and Putin Joyce McMillan

Vladimir Putin is a warmongering dictator (Picture: Alexander Nemenov)

Putin can lie all he likes, but he has made Russia the West's 'enemy' Scotsman comment

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte's warning about the threat posed by Putin's Russia could not have been more clear (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Everyone must read terrifying Nato warning about war with Russia Scotsman comment

When dealing with Vladimir Putin, the UK should never forget the death of Dawn Sturgess (Picture: Gavriil Grigorov/pool)

Why we must never forget Vladimir Putin is a stone cold killer Scotsman comment

Nathan Gill, number 777, sits with Brexit Party members Rupert Lowe (776), Richard Tice (689) and Nigel Farage (690) at the European Parliament in 2019 (Picture: Frederick Florin)

Russian interference in UK: Why 100,000 people want a public inquiry Martin Roche

Flags on the graves of fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv. Ukrainians hardened by years of war will not meekly surrender their territory (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn)

Why Ukrainians will take the fight to Russia if Trump betrays them Andrew Sweeney

Donald Trump berated Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House earlier this year, in stark contrast to his simpering attitude towards Vladimir Putin (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

If Trump abandons Ukraine, UK and Europe must step into the breach Scotsman comment

The Russian spy ship Yantar, pictured previously in the English Channel, directed lasers at UK planes tracking its course as it sailed off the north coast of Scotland

Russian spy ship provides new reason why defence spending must rise Scotsman comment

Defence Secretary John Healey and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper pictured during a visit to the aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, anchored of the coast of Naples, Italy, on Monday (Picture: Stefan Rousseau)

Reason why 'the Brits win every war' must never be forgotten Scotsman comment

The Yamal LNG plant in Sibera is a crucial source of export revenue for Vladimir Putin's regime. Picture: Maxim Zmeyev/AFP/Getty

Exclusive Scots firm faces ban on Russian gas operations

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One.

Trump orders US testing of nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Ministers plan nuclear power in Scotland in anticipation of Labour win

Empty seats in the auditorium as shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride makes a speech during the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Monday (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Conservative Party doesn't deserve to survive

Under Donald Trump, the US is no longer the defender of democratic freedom that it once was (Picture: Alex Wong)

Why Europe must replace the US as the global beacon of freedom Martin Roche

Lord George Robertson spoke on defence.
Pic Colin Hattersley.

Exclusive Households need to stock up on candles and battery radios

The Ukrainian air defence fires at Russian drones above Kyiv during night mass drone and missile strikes on September 10. Poland has reported an attack by similar drones. Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

NATO allies condemn 'deliberate' strikes as experts warn of 'test'

A house in the Polish village of Wyryki-Wola was destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone (Picture: Wojtek Radwanski)

Russian attack on Poland shows warnings of war are deadly serious
As Vladimir Putin’s war-like intentions become ever clearer, the UK must increase defence spending by significantly more than currently planned
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All smiles. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands during the Russian dictator's visit to China (Picture: Sergei Bobylyov/pool)

Putin and Jinping to rule as 'immortal vampires'? Sounds good to them Scotsman comment

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Monday (Picture: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Trump is best hope we have of securing peace in Ukraine

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in session at New College, Edinburgh, in May this year (Picture: Andrew O'Brien)

Readers' letters: The Kirk may be dying, but the need for faith remains

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after their arrival for summit in Alaska (Picture: Gavriil Grigoriv/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Vladimir Putin got everything he wanted from Alaska summit

Vladimir Putin smiles at Donald Trump during a joint press conference in Helsinki in 2018 (Picture: Brendan Smialowski)

Why Europe is so worried about Trump's Alaska meeting with Putin Scotsman comment

Firefighters at the scene of the Arthur's Seat blaze on Sunday (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Scotland must prepare for more wildfires

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Britain needs joined up-thinking on nuclear power stations

Melania Trump appears to be helping her husband realise that Vladimir Putin is not serious about peace in Ukraine (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Why we all depend on Trump – and 'Agent Melania' – backing Ukraine Stephen Gethins

A one year-old receives the MMR vaccine as cases rise (Picture: Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It's a tragedy take-up of measles vaccine has fallen

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with US President Donald Trump in the Vatican in April, when world leaders gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis (Picture: Office of the President of Ukraine)

If Trump finally sides with Ukraine, he may deserve hero's welcome Scotsman comment

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, right, and her husband Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a Belarusian opposition activist released from a Belarusian prison.

Despite happy ending for one family, human cost of dictators is clear Jane Bradley

Torness nuclear power station. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP must embrace opportunities of nuclear energy, GMB Scotland say

John Swinney's poundshop Farage act is a price gladly worth paying Joani Reid

Russia's President Vladimir Putin last month (Picture: Vyacheslav Prokofyev /Pool/ AFP

Readers Letters: War with Russia is not imminent

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