Russia
Are the dirty tricks of Russia’s FSB getting even dirtier?
If your toilet is full of excrement that you don’t remember depositing there yourself, you may be the victim of…
Trump is cynical and shocking about Ukraine – but is he also right?
What does ‘victory’ in Ukraine mean – or ‘defeat’? Can there be lasting peace without justice? Direct talks between Russia,…
Evan Gershkovich – a pawn in the complex game of hostage diplomacy
When the American-born journalist was making plans to move to Moscow in 2023, he little thought he’d become a major news story himself
Has Trump changed sides?
Has Donald Trump effectively changed sides in the Ukraine war? Over just a few tumultuous days, Trump’s already rocky relations…
Trump has found his midterms scapegoat
Donald Trump has called for President Zelensky to be removed from office. The US President is furious following a series…
Has the plague broken out in Russia?
On the evening of Friday October 2, Daria Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died in a district…
Is Estonia really preparing for war with Russia?
“Prepare for war,” was the message from Estonian EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas to the European Defence Agency last…
Peace in Ukraine – or more war in Eastern Europe?
“GREAT NEWS,” hollered @realDonaldTrump on Truth Social yesterday. “Thanks to the bold leadership of my friend, Karol Nawrocki, President of…
Zelensky’s strategy is national suicide
For Americans who follow the Russian-Ukrainian war, the past few months must look very strange. In the first half of…
The terror of Russian prisons
The competition must be pretty stiff for ‘World’s worst airport to be caught with drugs in your baggage’: Bogota? Miami?…
There’s still time to save the West
When The Spectator asked me whether I would write an essay on ‘Why we need to strengthen the West’, I was delighted…
Are Ukraine’s deep strikes simply strengthening Putin’s hand?
Are Ukraine’s deep strikes against Russia helping Kyiv win the war or strengthening the hand of Kremlin hardliners? Since early…
The great whataboutery delusion
If you live near the frontiers of acceptable opinion, as any thinking person must surely do, you quickly find that…
When does killing the enemy become murder?
When is extrajudicial killing just war by other means, and when does it become a state-sponsored act of terror? ‘We…
A grim turning point has been reached in Russia’s war on Ukraine
An important turning point has been reached in Russia’s war on Ukraine. But unfortunately for Kyiv, it’s not the “tide…
Does Russia’s exiled opposition want what’s best for Europe?
The European Union has just imposed a visa ban on serving and former Russian soldiers. Implementation will not be easy…
The West has become its own worst enemy
America’s post-Cold War decision to share its technological innovations with the rest of the world has spectacularly backfired, says Steve Feldstein
Will any lone fanatic soon be capable of bioterrorism?
Building such weapons still demands resources beyond an amateur, but the margin of safety is fast eroding, warns Annie Jacobsen
China has Russia over a barrel
Vladimir Putin just can’t keep away. Having visited Beijing in May on the heels of Donald Trump, it has been announced that…
Who believes the latest version of the Nord Stream saga?
If you want to start a myth, make it a good one. Look at Odysseus. Imagine if the old liar…
Putin has lost touch with reality
As dark clouds of burning oil billow like thunderheads on the skyline of Moscow and black rain falls across the…
The conspiracy of silence surrounding the Nord Stream bombings
It is now clear that western intelligence agencies were fully aware of the plan and tried to stop it – then covered up what they knew for fear of an anti-Ukraine backlash
Can the Kremlin afford to fix Russia’s oil crisis?
For a country that pumps roughly nine million barrels of oil a day – the third highest of any country…
Portrait of the week
Home The electors of Makerfield decided who might be prime minister. After John Healey resigned as defence secretary, Al Carns…
Starmer’s Russian oil tanker raid was a political stunt
This morning, in a blaze of publicity, Royal Navy commandos boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the English channel in…
