In the freezing, snow-laden streets of Leningrad, families carried dead relatives – almost mummified by brutal temperatures of minus 43C – down the stairs of darkened tenement blocks.

The gifts were given by Putin's ruling political party - United Russia - in Murmansk, but have since triggered online backlash. The #1 most popular city in the world to visit, based on data.

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Vladimir Putin has sparked outrage by gifting electric meat grinders to the mothers of soldiers killed in his war in Ukraine. The gift as sparked online backlash, with some branding the gesture ...

President Vladimir Putin-led United Russia party invited criticism for gifting meat grinders to the mother of a soldier, who was killed in Ukraine. The gift was presented on International Women's Day.

Vladimir Putin has given electric meat grinders to mothers of Russian soldiers but it has triggered a backlash. ‘Meat grinder’ is often used to describe Putin’s war in Ukraine, where ...