Russia

Does Ukrainian exist?

2 October 2022 5:00 pm

After six months of war in Ukraine, most observers agree that the roots of Russian aggression lie in the country’s…

War has come home to Russia

1 October 2022 9:00 am

  Moscow A week of somewhat mixed messages from the Kremlin. One day Vladimir Putin opened Europe’s largest Ferris wheel…

Will Nato accept Ukraine?

1 October 2022 4:03 am

Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky made an offer to Vladimir Putin. Ukraine would drop its ambition to…

Europe’s descent into deindustrialisation

30 September 2022 4:00 pm

The rapid economic collapse that Britain is facing is simply an accelerated version of what the whole of Europe is…

Did Russia sabotage its own pipelines?

28 September 2022 6:15 am

It almost seems worthy of the opening scene in a Bond film. Vital Russian gas pipelines running beneath the Baltic Sea close…

Life among the Russian refuseniks

26 September 2022 10:40 pm

Yerevan, Armenia It was getting dark outside Yerevan Airport when I arrived, but there were still a dozen flights from Russia…

Was Nato expansion worth the risk?

24 September 2022 9:00 am

This is an important and topical book. Mary Sarotte traces the difficult course of Russia’s relations with Europe and the…

Is this really the moment to scrap bankers’ bonuses?

24 September 2022 9:00 am

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng – keen to sharpen the City’s competitive edge, we’re told – wants to remove the legislative cap,…

What's behind Putin's no-show?

21 September 2022 5:43 am

Has Vladimir Putin carried out a cynical stunt, or ducked out of a seismic decision? That’s the debate among Kremlinologists…

More mad than Vlad: Russia’s ultra-nationalist threat

17 September 2022 9:00 am

Putin’s most dangerous opposition comes from Russia’s ultra-nationalists

On the front lines of Europe’s newest war

15 September 2022 10:30 pm

Sotk, Armenia A group of Armenian soldiers stand guard on the road towards the village. ‘It’s not safe to go…

I’ve become a war addict

12 September 2022 5:00 pm

It is an almost unquestioned orthodoxy that war is hell, and that every needless death in a needless war diminishes…

Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off

10 September 2022 9:00 am

Home Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, said in a speech outside 10 Downing Street: ‘Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the…

Why the Baltics fear Russia

3 September 2022 4:00 pm

In the historic heart of Riga, Latvia’s lively capital, there is a building that reveals why the Baltic States remain…

Will energy bills kill off working from home?

3 September 2022 9:00 am

‘The jury’s out’, was Liz Truss’s pert response to the question ‘Macron: friend or foe?’ at last week’s Norwich hustings.…

The humanity of Mikhail Gorbachev

1 September 2022 5:51 am

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final President of the Soviet Union who died last night, was remarkable both as an international politician…

Gorbachev was no saint. But he was a kind of hero

31 August 2022 8:08 am

Mikhail Gorbachev is dead at the age of 91, and in a way I feel orphaned. I became fascinated by…

It’s time to kickstart North Sea oil

30 August 2022 9:00 pm

It is reported this morning that one of Liz Truss’s first acts as prime minister, assuming she wins the Conservative…

Ukraine stuns Russia with a counter-offensive in Kherson region

29 August 2022 11:05 pm

The southern city of Kherson, which fell to Russian forces in the first few days of the war, is one…

Why Crimea could be key to Ukraine winning the war

29 August 2022 6:00 pm

Over the six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the ambitions of President Zelensky and his compatriots have only grown. From…

Letters: How to reform the GMC

27 August 2022 9:00 am

Overhaul the GMC Sir: Max Pemberton’s cogent criticism of the GMC (‘Unfit for purpose’, 20 August). is one of the…

How high will energy prices go?

26 August 2022 5:20 pm

When dozens of energy companies started going bust in 2021, the government knew it had a crisis on its hands.…

Daria Dugina has become a martyr for Putin

24 August 2022 8:51 pm

There was something menacing yet vaguely absurd about the Tuesday memorial service held to commemorate the life and fascist times…

The stalemate in Ukraine won't last forever

24 August 2022 3:00 pm

Addressing the vexed question of who is winning the war in Ukraine, six months on, is a task to challenge…

The strange morality of sponsoring weapons

20 August 2022 9:18 pm

Forget fund-raising concerts donating spare clothes and offering your spare room to a refugee family. There’s a better way of…