VLADIMIR Putin launches a creepy charm offensive with an eight-year-old girl in the Kremlin.

       The Russian President, 70, welcomed Raisat Akipova with a hug and flowers after seeing her crying on a visit to Dagestan last month.

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       Vladimir Putin shows Raisat Akipova, 8, his phone system in the Kremlin Credit: EPA 2

       Putin welcomed Raisat with a hug and flowers after seeing her crying on a visit to Dagestan last month Credit: AFP

       An official video sees Raisat using Putin’s phone system to call a confused finance minister who then quickly agreed to extra funding worth ￡43million for her home region.

       It comes as Putin tries to reassert power after a failed coup.

       The world is on alert for a potential nuclear disaster that could affect billions of people amid fears Putin has placed bombs on reactors at a power plant.

       Officials in Ukraine believe the tyrant is preparing to blow up the Zaporizhzhia plant - which experts say could trigger a disaster ten times more devastating than Chernobyl.

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       And as fears of a blast escalate, Ukraine has been holding chilling nuclear disaster drills at and around the vast complex.

       Military chiefs in the war-torn country say "explosive devices" were placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth reactors on Tuesday.

       Meanwhile intelligence reports suggest Russian soldiers who have occupied it since the early days of the war were ordered to leave by today - suggesting an attack was imminent.

       Nuclear experts have said that a major blast at the plant would affect a billion people across 40 countries

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