When Stalin was the lesser of two evils
Churchill detested Stalin, but Britain and the US needed his help against an even worse enemy. Giles Milton reveals the true nature of the Big Three’s dysfunctional relationship
Putin is resurrecting Russia’s ‘iron rogues’
A year before Russia launched its brutal campaign to subjugate Ukraine, I visited a wintry Moscow. It was striking to…
Putin’s obsession with Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’ could be his downfall
Ukrainian and Russian forces have been locked in either dogged stalemate or vicious urban fighting for towns and cities in…
Berliners were punished twice – by Hitler and by the Allies
‘Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.’ Albert Einstein’s deft avoidance of the question put to…
Coventry is wrong to cut ties with Volgograd
The faded mural on the streets of Coventry is meant to represent an unbreakable bond between itself and Russia. Volgograd twinned…
