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‘We will fight in the forests, the fields, the shores and in the streets’: Zelensky addresses the Commons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted with applause and a standing ovation this evening when he appeared before the House…
Could Turkey rejoin the West?
Istanbul, Turkey Wherever you go in Istanbul, Atatürk is rarely far away. Portraits of the man who founded the Turkish…
Labour flounders to define the word 'woman'
Happy International Women’s Day! To mark this auspicious occasion, the Radio 4 programme Woman’s Hour today hosted a conversation between…
Putin miscalculated. Let’s not do the same
Only the Russian people can decide how long Putin remains in the Kremlin, but the invasion of Ukraine will likely…
Why is Britain reluctant to open its doors to Ukrainians?
Among opposition politicians there is a new question being asked of the war in Ukraine: why has the UK not…
Russia’s war on Ukraine: the lessons so far
The sheer complexity – and horror – of Russia’s war on Ukraine makes it difficult to distil the essential points. To take…
Ukraine isn't Boris's ‘Falklands moment’
What should we make of Boris’s response to war in Ukraine? The verdict from one Tory MP is already in: ‘History…
The problem with International Women’s Day
Am I the only one wondering how long it’ll be before the organisers of International Women’s Day are forced to…
How close is Russia to collapse?
Russia is now as closed off to the world as the Soviet Union was before Mikhail Gorbachev made his first tentative steps…
Now JK Rowling takes on the critics
Away from the scenes in eastern Europe, a very different terf war was playing out on Twitter yesterday between JK…
Where's the outrage over Trudeau's trip to Britain?
As Justin Trudeau waltzed through the UK, visiting Boris Johnson and the Queen, did anyone spare a thought for Canadians…
Putin's Russian history is a fantasy
As the first cracks appear in the Kremlin leadership, it it is becoming clear that this is Putin’s war against Ukraine.…
Why is St Paul's Cathedral commemorating a Benin slave trader?
The Church of England is rightly sensitive to the evils of slavery and racism. It has announced energetic measures to…
What Erdogan is thinking about Ukraine
Turkey’s twentieth-century experience was very different from that of most European countries. During World War One, the late Ottoman Empire…
A no-fly zone is an act of war
Fuelled by repeated appeals from President Zelensky, western support for a no-fly zone in Ukraine is growing. The number of Americans in…
Could a Kremlin assassin get to Putin?
Could an assassin kill Putin? Just as the second world war would not have happened without the demonic will and…
Boris Johnson is operating in a new political reality
Boris Johnson is attempting to carve out a role for himself as the figure who can lead the West in…
Remember the Russians who will really suffer from sanctions
When I was in Russia in the very early 1990s, there was a generic figure who seemed to stand at…
How Britain can speed up sanctions against the oligarchs
In contrast to its leadership in relation to economic sanctions against the Russian state, the UK has been much too…
Meet the 72-year-old British colonel taking on the Russians in Ukraine
Some citizens of Nato countries are in Ukraine to fight. They are members of the new International Brigade the Ukrainians…
Why did Boris prioritise Lebedev's peerage during the pandemic?
Like me, you probably remember the third week of March 2020 as though it were yesterday. Covid-19 was on these shores…
‘Help us, before it’s too late’
Western Ukraine Outside a military recruiting centre in Lviv, Egor Grushin, one of Ukraine’s most famous classical pianists, was waiting…
Hungary’s ‘patriotic fight’ with the EU: an interview with justice minister Judit Varga
Budapest is racked with tension. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends a stream of refugees to Hungary’s eastern border, Viktor…
A cultural boycott of Russia plays into Putin's hands
Has the cultural boycott of Russia gone too far? Events at an Italian university this week, where writer Paolo Nori…
Xi Jinping and the plight of Chinese nationals in Ukraine
The plight of desperate Chinese nationals in Ukraine has further battered Xi Jinping’s credibility, testing his continued refusal to condemn…
