Why China won’t ditch Vladimir Putin
The first meeting between the Russian and Chinese leaders since the start of the war in Ukraine will be closely…
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Ukraine’s offensive has left Putin with few options
Now that Ukrainian forces have taken more territory in five days than Russia did in five months, the Kremlin can…
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Putin’s economic war on Europe is an act of desperation
Yet with great difficulty, and much pain, Europe will cope.
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From the NS archive: Rising star of the Kremlin
14 December 1984: Mikhail Gorbachev, heir apparent to the then Soviet general secretary Konstantin Chernenko, paid a visit to London.
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Can Norway save us from the energy crisis?
Russia's war in Ukraine has left Europe exposed.
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Why China and India are sending troops to Russia
Six months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is hosting joint military exercises with several countries, including China and India.
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Gorbachev’s magnificent failure
The last Soviet leader, who died this week, accelerated the decline of the Soviet Union – but did so by…
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Putin and Trump face failure on battlefields of their own making
In Russia and America we are about to see what happens when right-wing nihilism hits the buffers of reality.
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Mikhail Gorbachev tried to unite the impossible – his failure was heroic
What does a country do with a man who changed it forever?
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The battle for Kherson has begun
The conflict appears to be entering a new phase, with both sides digging in for a long war of attrition.
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The war in Ukraine is reaching a critical moment
Kyiv’s counterattack in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson could push the war into a much more dynamic phase.
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Lithuania and Estonia call for Russian visas to expire early
Existing visas held by Russian citizens should be shortened to end within months, according to the Baltic countries’ foreign ministers.
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After six months of war in Ukraine, what will happen next?
Ukraine’s Independence Day also marks half a year since Russia launched its all-out invasion.
The invasion of Ukraine altered warfare and geopolitics for ever
As Ukraine marks its Independence Day, the Western world must rearm: militarily, diplomatically and morally.
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Has the UK gone cold on Russian sanctions?
Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, enthusiasm for the economic war on Putin is hard to find.
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What the murder of Darya Dugina means for Russia
If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that it will cause future violence.
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Estonia dismisses Russia’s claim it was involved in Dugina killing
Moscow’s accusation that the suspect fled to Estonia is just its latest “provocation”, the country’s foreign minister said.
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Can interest rate rises reduce the UK’s “astronomical” inflation?
Inflation is now predicted to rise above 18 per cent, despite six consecutive rate rises by the Bank of England.…
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Death of Alexander Dugin’s daughter may lead to a drastic escalation of war in Ukraine
The philosopher and ally of Vladimir Putin is thought to have been the intended target for the car bomb.
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The truth about Russia’s rotten economy: “We’re going back to the 1980s”
The Russian economist Sergei Guriev encourages inflation-hit Western economies to hold their nerve against Putin.
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