Putin, 69, has long held a love for judo, in which he is a well-known holder of a black belt. The prestigious Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo, the worldwide headquarters of the sport, awarded Puti ...

Mr Putin is a judo black belt and an admirer of the martial art. Many Ukrainians see Banksy's mural as a metaphor of Ukraine's fierce resistance to the Russian invasion, which began on 24 February ...

MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has confessed that he did not fasten his seat belt while driving a car along Mariupol’s streets so that he could quickly leave the car ...

when the latter was 13 years old and Putin was already granted the judo black belt at the age of 18 years. They were maintaining friendly relations until the death of the coach. Rakhlin and the ...

Hosted by China's President Xi Jinping, the meeting celebrated 10 years of his signature foreign and economic policy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Mr Putin was the guest of honour among ...