Putin through the looking-glass
The Russian president has created a phantom enemy in “fascist” Ukraine and bet everything on defeating it. How does this…
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.
Brace for Putin’s next move
After the battle for Ukraine, Russia’s foreign policy will be devoted to smashing by any means necessary the coalition that…
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Could the government really seize oligarchs’ houses?
Wealthy people with links to the Kremlin own swathes of luxurious London property, and Michael Gove is considering how to…
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Our addiction to oil has paid for Putin’s war
High oil prices and the West's failure to diversify its energy mix have bankrolled a tyrannical regime.
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Putin is running out of options
Regime change is now as likely in Moscow as it is in Kyiv.
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Dispatch from Kyiv: the madness of Putin’s war
In Ukraine's capital, the absurdity and tragedy of the conflict is everywhere.
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Putin’s miscalculation in Ukraine could lead to his downfall
By leading his country into an unwinnable war and plunging it into economic crisis, the Russian leader’s own position has…
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Don’t be fooled by Russian TV, Putin is losing the information war
There are limits to what the Russian president can get his people to believe in an interconnected world.
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The truth about Putin’s “denazification” fantasy
The Russian president is twisting history in an attempt to justify an unjustifiable war on Ukraine.
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Putin’s theory of war faces its toughest test
With protests at home and spirited resistance in Ukraine, Russian generals are being forced into the long conventional conflict they…
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The anti-war left should not be cowed
Progressives should keep their distance from both Putin and Nato — the cynics who want to shut down debate are…
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Valiant Ukrainians put much of Europe to shame
To watch a whole nation mobilise in defence of its freedoms has been a moving and humbling experience.
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The fight for Ukraine is only beginning
Wars are rarely decided in days, and this one is unlikely to be an exception.
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Putin escalates the war on Ukraine as blitzkrieg calculations fail
Moscow has put its nuclear deterrence forces on high alert in an extreme form of brinkmanship.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine has torn my family apart
My brother has picked up a gun to defend Kyiv, but my uncle in Moscow has been poisoned by propaganda.
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Has Vladimir Putin launched an unwinnable war?
Wars rarely go to plan, especially if you believe your own rhetoric.
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“Scared, hopeless and silent”: anti-war Russians are pessimistic about mass protests
Popular dissatisfaction is unlikely to cause the Russian president to change course.
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Tom Tugendhat: The West should expel Russian ambassadors and agents
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman on why Boris Johnson’s government needs to do much more to punish Vladimir Putin’s…
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Putin’s power vertical and the pathologies of authoritarian rule
A stage-managed meeting in which he humiliated his cabinet may come to be seen as a turning point.
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What took us so long?
It should not have taken the biggest land invasion since the Second World War to end decades of amorality over…
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