So, Putin’s security and intelligence services ... propaganda materials sowing hate and disunity against Ukrainians. James Bond fiction serves as both entertainment and a useful departure ...

Whether he's hunting shirtless, playing ice hockey or tooling around in a mini-submarine, Russian boss Vladimir Putin looks as if he's auditioning for the role of a Bond film villain.

A spy for Vladimir Putin boasted of being like "James Bond character Q" before he was found with a hoard of alarming gadgets in his Norfolk hideout, a court has heard. Orlin Roussev, 46 ...