Russia
What would Thatcher have made of Putin?
When Sir Tony Brenton writes a letter to the Times, as he frequently does, it always says at the bottom…
We blew our chance to befriend Putin
You have the advantage over me. It may be that you are reading this now in your makeshift fallout shelter,…
Taking Ukraine would finish Putin
‘Never interrupt your enemy,’ said Napoleon, ‘when he is making a mistake.’ A Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine would…
The western press is giving Putin what he wants
Is Putin playing with the western press?
Theatre of war: Putin's deadly dramatics over Ukraine
How Putin bewilders the West
The growing bond between Moscow and Beijing
The growing bond between Moscow and Beijing
How do Russian and Ukrainian military forces measure up?
Facing the music Police in New Zealand played Barry Manilow records to truck drivers in an attempt to persuade them…
Russian roulette: is Moscow’s bluff backfiring?
Is Moscow’s bluff backfiring?
Playing until her fingers bled: the dedication of the pianist Maria Yudina
The 20th century was an amazing time for Russian pianists, and the worse things got, politically and militarily, the more…
Is Germany finally standing up to Russia and China?
When German chancellor Olaf Scholz met Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday, the visuals said it all. As he had done…
The Ukraine crisis has united the West
There has been a subtle change of tone from Joe Biden and Boris Johnson about the likelihood of a Russian…
Putin may yet resist a full-on invasion
The west is still in the dark on what Vladimir Putin will do next. The Russian military build-up on the…
What really happens if Russia invades Ukraine?
Russia will pay an enormous price if it invades Ukraine, whether it goes for the whole country or only the…
Is Orbán serious about leaving the EU?
First the UK decided to leave the EU. Then in Poland, lawmakers started talking about it. Is Hungary now seriously…
Why Putin wins
Did Vladimir Putin ever intend to invade Ukraine? Or were his troop manoeuvres just a game — another test of…
Portrait of the week: Queen Camilla, a cabinet rejig and NHS waiting list warning
Home In a message for the 70th anniversary of her accession, the Queen said it was her sincere wish that…
Ukraine's plight paints a bleak vision of Europe's future
It is tempting to view Vladimir Putin as a Cold War relic: a former KGB officer who hasn’t got over the…
Can Macron really lecture Putin about democracy?
A penny for the thoughts of Vladimir Putin on Monday as he stared at Emmanuel Macron from the end of…
Putin and Xi’s Potemkin alliance
Vladimir Putin very rarely travels abroad these days – and Xi Jinping has not met a foreign leader in person…
Could Viktor Orbán be a peacemaker in Ukraine?
For a politician whose calling card is the struggle for Hungarian national sovereignty, Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin’s press conference…
How the media helped drive the Ukraine crisis
Western warnings of an ‘imminent’ Russian invasion of Ukraine have grown more insistent in recent weeks with different voices, from…
Is our Ukrainian ambassador OK?
I know the following sentence is going to get me into trouble. Still, there are times when you wonder whether…
Viktor Orbán or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Putin
Viktor Orbán first came to prominence when in 1989 he declared on live TV that Hungary must put an end…
Letters: The BBC licence fee is a protection racket
Russia’s star Sir: Wolfgang Münchau is surely right to highlight the risk posed to European peace and stability by Germany’s…
Letter from Odessa: life on the front line of a new Cold War
‘God Save the Queen’ trended on Ukrainian social media over the weekend. ‘As a Brit in Kiev I have never…
