Why the IMF sees Britain as the sick man of the global economy
The UK’s growth is forecast to fall behind every other major economy, including Russia.
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Discover the latest New Statesman content on Russia, exploring the politics, culture and economy of the nation. Insightful coverage and analysis of the war in Ukraine and Putin’s presidency.
Matthew Parris’s Ukrainian revisionism
The Spectator columnist seems to have a very short memory.
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What Germany gets wrong
The war in Ukraine is among the biggest tests the EU has faced – but instead of showing leadership, Olaf…
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Oleksiy Danilov: “Weak people always come up with excuses not to act”
Ukraine’s national security adviser on German betrayal, the coming Russian onslaught and why the West is scared.
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The brutal methods of Russia’s Wagner Group
The group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has used the Ukraine war to establish himself in Russian politics.
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Why Putin must lose to save Russia, with Andrius Kubilius
Russian defeat in Ukraine could bring democracy to the country
Ukraine is not a proxy war
It is Kyiv – not the West – which has set Ukraine’s war aims.
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Germany has become the roadblock at the heart of Europe
Berlin is consciously and deliberately stalling on sending Kyiv battle tanks.
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The geopolitical forecast for 2023: Divisions in the West and unrest on Russia’s borders
Predictions for a tumultuous year ahead.
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Terror and tragedy in Ukraine
A helicopter crash kills three Ukrainian officials, while China tries a new approach to diplomacy
Ben Judah’s Diary: time-travelling to the 1970s, leaky Westminster, and getting banned from Russia
Chairing a workshop with French and German politicians, I find that decline is not only a British phobia.
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What we know about the helicopter crash that killed three Ukrainian officials
They are the first senior government figures to be killed or injured since Russia’s brutal invasion began.
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Leader: The Kremlin’s theory of victory
Despite repeated military failures, Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to destroy Ukraine rather than back down.
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The first signs of Ukraine war fatigue in the West are starting to appear
Yet pressure is increasing on Germany to send Kyiv tanks.
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Can’t Keir Starmer offer a little hope in this bleak midwinter?
While the Tories say “try not to need an ambulance”, Labour says “don’t expect us to fix everything”.
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The Putin backlash
Russia is stuck with a form of warfare that depends on artillery barrages and indifference to casualties.
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Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war
The Ukrainian novelist writes about ringing in 2023 amid drone attacks.
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Ukraine’s problematic nationalist heroes
Kyiv’s lionisation of 20th-century nationalists linked to atrocities is alienating allies and playing into Russian propaganda.
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Ten crucial questions about the world in 2023
The New Statesman’s writer at large identifies important global trends for the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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The Ukraine war has made predictions futile
Russia can’t win its self-evidently stupid war – and working out what will happen next is almost impossible.
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