Russia
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…
Forever war: will Zelensky and Putin be brought to an exhausted peace?
Volodymyr Zelensky stood proudly on the steps of 10 Downing Street this week, flanked by Sir Keir Starmer and the…
Russia won’t give up Armenia without a fight
How do you fight an election if you’re under house arrest? If you’re the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, once the…
How Iran turned Trump’s propaganda against him
On 19 November 1941, King George and Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to Woburn Abbey, home of Britain’s covert propaganda…
Putin and Erdogan are playing with fire in the Balkans and the Caucasus
As Russia and Turkey jostle for influence in Europe’s overlooked corners, regional tensions begin to resemble those in the build-up to the Great War
Russia is relying on drones to bring it victory in Ukraine
Earlier this week, Ukraine was subjected to one of the largest aerial assaults by Russia since the start of Vladimir…
Is the West deserting Ukraine at precisely the wrong moment?
Moscow is coming under direct drone attack, the Russian economy is creaking, patriotic bloggers are ever more apocalyptic in their…
Why drones will carry out the next 9/11
Few know more about drone warfare than Brett Velicovich. During the Iraq war, the former Delta Force intelligence analyst lived…
The tide has turned in Ukraine
The long war in Ukraine has morphed into a new and decisive phase, one that could lead to Ukraine’s upset…
Russians no longer believe Putin’s war propaganda
A year ago, Russia marked the 9 May Victory Day celebration with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up…
The Kremlin’s secret plans for post-war Russia
A top-level Kremlin policy document discussing post-war political planning and how to neutralize potential ultranationalist discontent has been leaked to…
No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup
However much Western leaders inveigh against Russian disinformation (which, yes, is a real issue), we should never pretend this is…
How the Ukraine war could end in revolt
Ukraine and Russia are exhausted. Neither side is close to defeat and yet discontent is growing on both sides. In…
Is the US nuclear bomber base being targeted for a strike?
A lockdown at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana triggered by a mysterious drone swarm last month didn’t last long.…
A Ukrainian win is more important than ever
On 3 April we mark 1,500 days since Russia invaded Ukraine; on 11 June, the conflict will have lasted longer…
The Trumpian appeal of a Trojan horse
Given the tonnage of missiles launched at Iran, it seems remarkable how relatively few Iranians have been killed. But the…
With no coherent strategy, Britain seems perpetually adrift in the world
But rather than stagger from one global crisis to another, we could unite the disparate tools we still possess and truly take back control, says Jack Watling
Why Ukraine’s Russian oil strikes are backfiring
Every drone Ukraine fires at a Russian oil terminal is meant to defund Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Right now, each…
