Time is ticking to save Vladimir Kara-Murza
A year ago today, the Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years – the longest sentence handed down…
Can conscription save Germany’s armed forces?
Could compulsory military service soon be reintroduced in Germany? Since becoming defence minister at the beginning of last year, Boris…
Why is Putin still blaming Ukraine for the Moscow terror attack?
In the fortnight since four Isis gunmen stormed Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburbs, Vladimir Putin has done his…
Who will Putin blame for the terror attack?
A branch of the Islamic State terror group, Isis-K, has claimed responsibility for last night’s stadium terror attack in Moscow.…
Putin has questions to answer over the Moscow terror attack
As Russia comes to terms with what seems to be the largest terrorist attack on its soil in recent times,…
Putin crowns himself president of Russia again
As expected, following a three day ‘vote’, Vladimir Putin has once again crowned himself president of Russia. As of 9…
It’s time to declare Putin an illegitimate president
For the next three days, Russians are heading to the polls supposedly to choose the country’s next president. Except we…
Why Germans don’t want to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine
Yet again the question of whether to send arms to Ukraine is plaguing Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship. The issue was once…
‘We are not afraid’: Russians gather for Navalny’s funeral
Today is a sad day for Russia. Two weeks after his death in an Arctic penal colony, Alexei Navalny, Putin’s most vociferous…
Will Navalny be given a public funeral?
Nine days after Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, his body was finally handed over to his mother…
Putin’s British prisoner: Vladimir Kara-Murza is languishing in a Siberian jail
Opposing Vladimir Putin is a lethal business. The world was reminded of this last week after the sudden death of…
Germany’s new anti-Ukraine party unnerving the establishment
Her party may be less than two months old, but already Sahra Wagenknecht has put a cat amongst the pigeons…
‘Putin killed my husband’: Navalny’s wife vows to fight on
Three days on from his death, the widow of Alexei Navalny today vowed to continue the work of her husband…
Navalny’s cause of death changed to ‘sudden death syndrome’
How did Alexei Navalny die? The official version is that he collapsed after a walk in his Siberian prison. But…
In Russia, Navalny is already becoming an unperson
Newspapers across Britain and the democratic world are dominated by the news of the death – perhaps murder – of…
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
Just over three years after he was imprisoned in Russia, the Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died. The news was…
Why has Vladimir Putin endorsed Joe Biden?
Who does Vladimir Putin want to win the US presidential election this autumn? Last night, the Russian president gave an…
Will Boris Nadezhdin be allowed to run for president against Putin?
Will the anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin be allowed to run against Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency? That’s the question…
Are Germans turning against the AfD?
After months of steadily climbing in the polls, could this be the moment the bubble bursts for the right-wing party,…
Even in the Arctic Circle, Navalny remains uncowed
Alexei Navalny had a brutal December. At the start of the month the Putin critic abruptly disappeared from his prison…
Russia’s curious reaction to Britain’s hacking allegations
That Russia’s security services have been targeting British politicians and other high-profile figures won’t come as a surprise. But the…
Is Russia trying to flood Finland with migrants?
Against the background of the war in Ukraine, a diplomatic row is brewing between Russia and Finland. Last week, Finland…
Cameron’s Ukraine trip provides a welcome boost for Zelensky
Just days after returning to government as Lord Cameron, the former prime minister and new Foreign Secretary has made his…
Why Putin thinks war with Ukraine is like the Israel-Palestine conflict
Who is to blame for the shocking pogrom in the Dagestani city of Makhachkala, where a mob of hundreds stormed the…