Russian actions, not diplomacy, will shape Africa’s fortunes
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is visiting the continent to counter accusations that Russia is weaponising hunger.
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By coming out as gay, Daria Kasatkina has shown Russia what true bravery looks like
The tennis player knows she could be ostracised by her country.
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Russia is bluffing about its success in the war – but so is Ukraine
It will be difficult for the West to sustain support for Ukraine indefinitely. This will be a gift to Putin.
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Which countries could Putin try to ‘protect’ next?
The Kremlin has used the pretext of defending Russian speakers to threaten former Soviet states.
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Georgia is now a hub for Russian opposition in exile
Now that open dissent in Russia is almost impossible, dissidents have fled to its neighbour – with uncertain consequence.
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Sri Lanka’s protests boil over
The president has fled by military jet as protesters occupy government buildings amid the worst economic crisis in decades.
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The UK isn’t prepared for Russia’s new energy war
Almost none of the Tory leadership candidates want to talk about the strategic conflict Europe is embroiled in.
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Germany’s impending energy crisis is no reason for it to abandon Ukraine
It is both wrong and dangerous to write off the German economic model
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Why the Russian military should be very worried
As Ukraine targets ammunition depots, Putin’s forces may be approaching a crisis point.
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Driving through Ukraine, I am confronted by the end of the world
Jews who were once bombed by the Nazis now face assault by the Russians. They are numb with grief.
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Can Ukraine win the war with Russia?
As Russia takes the city of Lysychansk, Ukraine needs to develop momentum with its better, Western-sourced weapons.
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The ethical dilemma of rebuilding Ukraine after the war
A Marshall Plan will have to defeat the country’s corruption first.
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The banality of Vladimir Putin
A new biography of the Russian president details the extraordinary rise of an unremarkable man who learned how to exercise…
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Brexit and the war in Ukraine have stymied UK climate action
The UK government will use climate finance to support the war in Ukraine.
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Who’s arming Ukraine?
The US and the UK have supplied the most military aid since the start of Russia’s invasion.
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Is this the end of the Ukrainian moment?
European unity, strong in the first weeks of Russia’s war in Ukraine, will need reinforcement if it’s to be sustained.
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Russia’s threat to the global financial order is also our chance to build a new one
Is the international economic system unravelling, or is this a moment of transformation?
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Interest rates are fuelling a debt crisis in the developing world
With more than half of low-income countries at or near debt distress, Western governments should immediately loosen the terms of…
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Russia must lose this war
To ask the Ukrainians to stop fighting and negotiate is to invite a reinvasion as soon as Putin has rebuilt…
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Russia’s army is fighting Ukraine the way it was designed to
The Kremenchuk strike shows Moscow will indiscriminately bomb Ukrainian cities.
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