Sergei Shoigu out as Russia’s defence minister
It’s reshuffle time in Moscow and it seems that Sergei Shoigu, who has served as Vladimir Putin’s defence minister for…
Why won’t phone companies stop kids using social media?
When it comes to social media, parents find it difficult enough to keep up with their offspring’s online world. What…
In Putin’s Russia, Victory Day is no longer about 1945
Stepping out onto Red Square for today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, it was clear to see that Vladimir Putin…
Putin’s next six years in power spell more repression for Russia
Amidst the golden splendour of the Kremlin’s Hall of the Order of St Andrew, Vladimir Putin was once again inaugurated…
Germany’s AfD has become its own worst enemy
As the German AfD’s European election campaign kicks off tomorrow, the far-right party’s leadership could be forgiven for counting down…
Sunak and Scholz gear up for an awkward meeting in Berlin
Rishi Sunak arrived in Poland today to announce a £500 million boost in aid to Ukraine, using the trip to…
Is Georgia’s future with Europe, or Russia?
On Wednesday, Georgia’s government came one step closer to realising its desire to embed the country deeper within Russia’s sphere…
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…
