When war comes to Wimbledon
As Russian competitors return to SW19, the Ukrainian player Sergiy Stakhovsky continues to fight on the front line.
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.
It is naive to think that Vladimir Putin’s fall is imminent
Failed coups often have few major consequences, and the Wagner Group’s mutiny may not alter the Ukraine war’s outcome.
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Mutiny of the mercenaries
Prigozhin’s putsch has cast doubt on the future of Russia’s war.
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The paralysis of power
Is this the beginning of the end of the Putin system – or will the autocrat endure?
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Worse could follow Putin
The focus for policymakers must be the prospect that Putin will be replaced by someone even more hostile to the…
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The fake tsar
The truth is out there: there is no Russian state.
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Russia’s tipping point
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny has shattered the false reality of Putin's Russia.
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Rebellion comes to Russia
What Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed mutiny means for the future of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
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The Prigozhin Mutiny
The Wagner Group commander’s rebellion will have far-reaching implications.
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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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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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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
When will F-16 fighters reach Ukraine?
And can Kyiv’s air defence systems cope until then?
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How can Putin be put on trial? With Philippe Sands
Can the international community really hold the Russian leader to account for the war in Ukraine?
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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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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Putin under pressure
Russia’s war against Ukraine is coming home.
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Who is behind the drone attack on the Kremlin?
There are multiple possibilities but regardless of who ordered the attack, there is a danger that it could backfire.
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