Sochi Olympics
How Putin turned Russian politics into reality TV
‘We all know there will be no real politics.’ A prominent Russian TV presenter is speaking off the record at…
The week that tripled the size of my liver
Gstaad Walking into a dinner party for 50 chic and some not-so-chic people in a nearby village last week, I…
Any other business: The friends of Putin taking home gold from the Sochi Olympics
Imagine if the BBC’s excitable commentators had been asked to cover the building of Sochi’s facilities, rather than the Winter…
