Aging, allegedly ailing Vladimir Putin has been mocked over his puffy, strangely altered face after the fearful, paranoid Russian dictator made a rare public appearance in Moscow over the weekend. The swollen-cheeked 73-year-old despot was spotted at an unusually quiet Victory Day parade to mark the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Russian leader is caught between an increasingly unpopular war and shifting global headwinds

On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the war between Russia and Ukraine is “coming to an end,” after more than four years, according to Reuters. The outlet reported that the Russian president told reporters that he believed “that the matter is coming to an end,

Since Russian invasion, about 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russia or Russian-held territories in Ukraine.

THE top Russian security official suspected of a coup plot against Vladimir Putin was seen frowning as he watched the paranoid tyrant’s scaled back military parade. Ex-defence minister

Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of disregarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to stop their attacks