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…
ByVladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
A new world order
How global politics is being reshaped by the war in Ukraine, the rise of China, resource scarcity and climate change.
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How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine
A deadly crackdown on an uprising in Kazakhstan in January held lessons for the invasion of Ukraine the following month.
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Nato unity faces scrutiny as defences to protect the Baltic states ramp up
The war in Ukraine will dominate this week's summit in Madrid, including the admission of Finland and Sweden as members.
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Paralysis in Moscow: why Putin persists with his strategy
The Russian president realises he must pick his fights carefully. Just as well, because the challenges keep coming.
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Whatever Moscow’s military defeats in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is winning the energy war
Russia’s exports to Eurasia are so great, its resource power won’t be dented by sanctions imposed only by the West.
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What is the Kaliningrad problem?
The Russian exclave is a point of pressure for the West but also has more to lose from Moscow’s manoeuvring.
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Why are India and China failing to support Ukraine?
Kyiv is fighting a colonial aggressor – yet countries that evangelise national liberation are helping Russia project its imperial ambitions.
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History’s long shadow falls over Russia and Ukraine
Wars have rules, and those who ignore them are apt to achieve surprise, simply by being stupid.
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Vladimir the Great
When Putin says he sees himself as an 18th-century imperialist, believe him.
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Russia must be offered a way out
Many in the West are championing a Ukrainian victory but the stakes are too high to subject Putin to a…
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Western fatigue over Ukraine war risks handing victory to Putin
Russia’s renewed advance is a threat to the entire democratic world.
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The West can’t desert Ukraine
The only way to stop the fighting is to convince Vladimir Putin that he cannot afford to go on.
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Will the West pressure Ukraine to concede territory?
Ukraine’s war effort is being sustained by its many allies, but that support may not last forever.
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Greenpeace CEO John Sauven: “The most dangerous moment is now”
After 30 years on the climate frontline, the long-serving head of Greenpeace UK is stepping down with a call for…
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“There is a serious vacuum in the Kremlin. It can’t last” Christopher Steele on Ukraine and Putin
The former spy and author of the Trump-Russia dossier talks Londongrad oligarchs, Ukraine and the vulnerability of Vladimir Putin.
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Russia’s military culture brutalises its conscripts
Morale among Russian soldiers is poor, and a growing number are reportedly refusing to fight in Ukraine.
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Russia’s Black Sea blockade is a problem for the whole world
The siege of Ukraine’s ports is causing global food shortages.
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Invasion of Ukraine forces a reckoning for the Orthodox world
Putin’s mobilisation of Orthodoxy has only undermined Russia’s authority in the faith it claims to be defending.
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When will Vladimir Putin realise it is time to cut his losses in Ukraine?
After failing to secure a victory in battle, the Russian president’s options are dwindling.
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