Moscow is playing a risky blame game in Makiivka
At one minute past midnight on 1 January, as Putin uttered the last words of his new year’s address, Ukraine sent six Himars rockets into…
Putin’s wish for 2023
Following an unusually quiet December for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin has emerged to deliver his traditional New Year’s Eve…
How can the West help Russians to defeat Putinism?
Watching Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker is a Christmas tradition for many. But this year, people are being urged to stay away: Ukraine’s…
Is Putin hiding away?
December is usually a busy month for Vladimir Putin, but not this year. In the run-up to Christmas, Russia’s president…
What can we expect from Hunt’s Autumn Statement?
Later this morning Jeremy Hunt will deliver his first Autumn Statement as Chancellor. With the focus firmly on the dire…
How Russia responded to the Polish missile incident
Yesterday, during the largest wave of missile strikes conducted by Russia since February, a shell flew six kilometres over the…
Russia receives the cold shoulder at Bali’s G20 summit
In the warmth of the Balinese sunshine, Russia has received an unsurprisingly frosty reception from fellow participants at the G20…
How many Russians have fled?
Ever since the war in Ukraine started there have been reports about Russians emigrating, either fleeing conscription or simply dismayed…
‘Wrong visit, wrong time’: What Germany makes of Scholz’s Beijing trip
This afternoon, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz goes to China. His one-day visit to Beijing is the first by a democratic…
A ‘workaholic and nerd’: What Russia makes of Rishi
‘Handsome, rich, lucky, traitor.’ That’s how the Russian broadsheet newspaper Kommersant chose to describe the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…
Putin fires a warning to the West
‘The West has let their mask slip and revealed their true nature!’ That was Vladimir Putin’s message to a hall…
‘Staying silent isn’t an option’: meet Putin’s new opposition
Meet Russia’s new opposition
Over 1,300 arrested as protests spring up across Russia
Putin has met the latest stirrings of dissent against his regime with force. More than 1,300 Russians have been arrested…
How seriously should we take Putin's nuclear threat?
Vladimir Putin has announced the partial mobilisation of the Russian armed forces. In a pre-recorded address delayed from last night,…
Landlords are exploiting generation rent
As interest rates hit nearly 2 per cent and inflation tops 9 per cent, many Brits are feeling the pinch.…
Struggling Brits need help, not free theatre tickets
Lurking in the background of the Tory leadership contest, the cost of living crisis rumbles on. With Autumn round the…
Are rail strikes the start of a summer of discontent?
This morning, the UK woke up to the largest rail strike in thirty years. As many as 50,000 workers are…
How Russia's press covered the death sentence of two British fighters
Two Brits and a Moroccan national captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by a court in…
What’s going on with the Russian economy?
The Russian economy is headed for its deepest recession since 1991. That’s the British government’s latest assessment of whether sanctions…
Why the Russia media thinks Britain is on the verge of cannibalism
Russian disinformation has reached new levels of absurdity. According to the pro-Kremlin media, the UK is on the verge of…
What Russians are really being told about war in Ukraine
‘They are lying to you here,’ declared the placard held aloft by the journalist who stormed the set of one of…
A war 'crime': How the Russian press covered the invasion of Ukraine
What do Russians make of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? The violence has been condemned around the world, and it seems that…
