Russia
How Ukrainians are making the lives of even anti-Putin Russian artists impossible
Zoe Strimpel talks to the anti-Putin Russian artists who have been cancelled since the invasion of Ukraine
Lithuania’s PM: ‘If Russia is not defeated it will come for somebody else’
Lithuania’s Prime Minister on what a Ukrainian victory would look like
Why the economic war against Russia has failed
There was much mirth in the West this week when Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day parade through Red Square included just…
Should Ukrainians stop speaking Russian?
A young woman called Lyudmila walks into a cafe in Odessa, the southern Ukrainian city. Her phone is switched on…
Can we brainwash our enemies?
Disinformation is on the rise, and Britain’s spies are on the back foot. Our intelligence leaders warn about election meddling,…
China is playing the long game over peace in Ukraine
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced that his country was currently in…
Why Putin needs Prigozhin
It’s been a tense couple of weeks for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the businessman and founder the of Wagner Group of mercenaries.…
Ukraine needs more than tanks
What weapons will Ukraine get next? It’s a crucial question that matters perhaps more than anything else for understanding how…
Why Putin won’t take Hitler’s way out
The last time Europe fought a major war, there was no shortage of planning. We knew what peace meant. Winston…
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…
A Soviet version of Martin Parr: Adam Curtis’s Russia 1985-1999 –TraumaZone reviewed
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone – even the title makes you want to scream – is Adam Curtis’s Metal Machine Music: the…
Portrait of the week: Sunak in No. 10, pasta gets pricier and Russia hits Ukraine’s energy grid
Home Rishi Sunak, aged 42, became Prime Minister. At the weekend Boris Johnson had flown back from a holiday in…
Is Putin preparing a nuclear strike?
Russia is peddling implausible tales of Ukrainian ‘dirty bombs’. Kyiv and the West are embarked on a campaign to counter…
What does Russia really want?
The question of ‘why’ Russia invaded Ukraine has been forgotten amid war’s fog. Greed and malice partially explains it. History, geopolitics…
The US knows the main threat is China
China’s President Xi Jinping opened the CCP’s 20th party congress by doubling down on four key issues: no let up…
Portrait of the week: Truss says sorry, Hunt reverses mini-Budget and Kanye West buys Parler
Home Liz Truss said in a BBC interview as Prime Minister that she wanted to ‘say sorry for the mistakes…
Tsar Vladimir brings in martial law
Martial law can arrive with a bang: tanks on the streets, Swan Lake on the TV. It can also creep…
A house-price crash won’t be the only effect of the Kwarteng calamity
Where next for house prices? Clearly, they’re going down as mortgage rates go up – and my forecast in May…
How should the West respond to Putin’s threats?
How should the West respond to Putin’s threats?
The deathly malaise that’s crippling Russia
Now is a difficult time to empathise with Russians – which is why we need Maxim Osipov. We need him…
What Elon Musk doesn't get about peace
The power one person can hold should never be underestimated. They can take people’s lives, as Vladimir Putin does, or…
