Russia

A tweet by the disgraced MEP about the BBC has come back to haunt him

Questions abound about what senior party figures knew, and when, about the disgraced former Welsh leader’s links to Vladimir Putin’s regime

The right wing magazine follows up defences of Tommy Robinson and the Tate brothers by lauding life under a murderous dictatorship

Exceedingly wealthy and close to the Kremlin, the infamous Vladimir Solovyov has become a dominating voice on airwaves since Putin's invasion of Ukraine

This month Russia is staging huge joint military exercises with Belarus. History suggests Putin is getting ready to stage another invasion

Today, the west sees Putin as a bloodthirsty dictator hellbent on destroying peace democracy in Europe. 25 years ago, the picture was very different

Donald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change

The vast landmass has the oil, gas, metals and water that China craves – and Moscow may be too weak to stop them

Chechen human rights investigator Natalia Estemirova defied Russia - and was killed. Now her daughter is keeping her fight alive

A pair of middle-aged men from either side of the iron curtain maintain their friendship through Scalextric racing, codewords and shared nostalgia. And beer

Trump has cut all funds to US media outlets across the continent. As the west takes itself off the airwaves, others are moving in

China, Russia and the US hard right now all look at Europe in the same way - as an opponent to be countered

The protest band got an ecstatic welcome in Dresden, the city where a young Vladimir Putin was stationed as KGB officer

Under the shadow of war, the LGBTQ community and other minorities are fighting for equality in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin banned Aleksandr Sokurov’s Fairytale - and the director has retired in protest. But the power of what might be his final movie, assembled with found footage, cannot be dimmed

The Russian president got exactly what he wanted out of the latest round of talks in Istanbul

Russian missiles have fallen on Ukraine just as Nazi rockets once struck London. Despite Putin’s military pageantry, he cannot obscure his guilt

After months of defending his hero, the former prime minister has finally realised the president has no interest in aiding the war-ravaged country

Across the river from Russia, the Estonian city of Narva is part of the European Union. But Vladimir Putin is watching and waiting

Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause

Once the war ends, the Russian economy will deflate and become entirely reliant on China

The foundations of the Kremlin strongman’s ascent to power were forged in the ruins of Grozny a quarter of a century ago

The siege of Leningrad brought desperation, degradation and death – and a host of stories which shaped a future dictator

The case for confiscating $300bn worth of frozen Russian assets is clear

A French senator has given a powerful speech setting out how the continent must deal with the twin threats from America and Russia

GB News is not even pretending it isn't Putin-friendly any more. Is that why Boris Johnson has yet to clock in for his first shift?

Trump has shafted Ukraine. Now he threatens the security of the west

As Donald Trump begins his sell out of Ukraine, one novelist reflects how, despite Putin’s brutality, Zelensky has held Ukraine together. Is Trump’s America about to change this?

The Soviet Union’s negotiating victory at Yalta in February 1945 was secured through vintage wine and roast goose

For the west, when dealing with Russia, it turned out that the Cold War was our comfort zone. But after the Berlin Wall came down, how did the Russian dream die?

The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans

There were huge advantages to being outside the Soviet Union, but the filmmaker's love of Russia bound him to home