The Prigozhin Mutiny
The Wagner Group commander’s rebellion will have far-reaching implications.
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Russia plan to blow up Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been “drafted and approved”
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence, warns of a dangerous escalation.
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Eat, Pray, Surrender
How Elizabeth Gilbert gave up on literature.
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Lindy Cameron: “You can’t retrofit security into AI – it needs to be built in at the start”
The CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre on the dangers of rapid tech development, data-sharing and TikTok.
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Is Emmanuel Macron scared of Europe?
The French president is increasingly adrift in a changing continent.
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Fear and loathing in Armenia
The prospect of losing the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan has Armenians bracing for another humanitarian catastrophe.
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Peter Morgan’s Patriots confronts the rise of Putin in post-Soviet Russia
Tom Hollander plays the ambitious, politically well-connected billionaire Boris Berezovsky in this absorbing portrait of a power struggle.
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Sustainable finance can save us from the energy crisis – with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
A special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement.
Marina Litvinenko: “I’m glad to talk about him – it feels like a duty”
The wife of Alexander Litvinenko on Putin, Peter Morgan's Patriots and depictions of her husband's assassination on stage and screen.
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The Kakhovka dam attack is just the beginning
As Kyiv launches its counter-offensive, both sides are escalating.
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How Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy
The acclaimed author’s latest book looks at the impact of the conflict
Ambassador Fu Cong: “Europe will not become a vassal to China”
China’s top diplomat to the EU on sanctions, preventing a trade war and why Beijing won’t condemn Russia’s invasion.
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Is the National Conservatism conference a glimpse into Britain’s future?
Britain is the latest beachhead for an American political philosophy that draws from the lingering influence of Donald Trump.
Ukraine reveals the rise of the non-aligned state
Zelensky left the G7 to a chorus of renewed Western support, but failed to convince the other leaders to choose…
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When will F-16 fighters reach Ukraine?
And can Kyiv’s air defence systems cope until then?
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Are sanctions on Russia working?
Moscow’s ability to cope with the economic pressure is discouraging – but it’s only part of the picture.
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Putin on trial
Will efforts to put Russia in a Nuremberg-style trial for the Ukraine war succeed?
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Spinning the story of war
Whether keeping up appearances or managing expectations, Moscow and Kyiv are both trying to shape the narrative in Ukraine.
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From the front line of “the world’s first cyberwar”
Victor Zhora exchanged a career in business for a top job in Ukraine’s civil service. A year later he was helping…
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Vladimir Putin is afraid of his own people
The most significant absence from this year’s Victory Day parade was not the tanks, it was the people.
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