Russia

A barely concealed desire for the old Russian empire would infuse his work but even this did not preclude Stalin’s tacit admiration

Yulia Navalnaya is keeping her husband’s work alive, making hundreds of thousands of Russians feeling less alone

Over the last decade, Russia has sent agents into Bulgaria on 10 separate occasions to attack weapons facilities

Navalny knew that every syllable he uttered was a potential death sentence, but he spoke anyway

We could have helped him become Russia’s Mandela – but instead we preferred performative scolding and mindless culture wars

Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin did nothing but inflate the dictator’s ego and advertise his own version of history

Once the toast of New York society, the mystery of why she did what she did remains

A Russian author is declared a ‘terrorist’ for opposing Putin. American writers are banned in right-wing states. Where will this end?

The families of Russian soldiers killed in the Ukraine war pose an increasingly delicate problem for the Kremlin

This extract from Martin Sixsmith’s new book explores how Putinism emerged from the country’s brutal history

The creator of the first totalitarian state died on January 24, 1924. His body was viewed by the faithful in temperatures of -35C

The Rajapaksa government may have gone, but Sri Lanka is still happy to welcome Moscow’s money

Putin will be pleased by developments in the middle east

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

Attempting to steal children’s Christmas gifts from a kindly old man is only one item on the charge sheet of the cannibalistic witch

Putin’s Russia is a chaos engine and we are letting him get away with it

By hacking journalists, Russia is trying to stifle our democracy’s information flow

He’s fighting for freedom – and that’s what the Kremlin can’t stand

Recent FSB revelations are a reminder that our society is open to the Russian threat

The dictator in the Kremlin may not be popular, yet he rules unopposed. But once again he is going to the polls – why?

The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator

Just a small percentage have been able to shut down their operations in the country since it invaded Ukraine

Following in the footsteps of 20th-century exiles who ran from communism, four artists are fighting their own war, from Paris

Conflict in the Middle East may distract the west, which could be to Russia’s advantage in the Ukraine war

Putin’s regime has introduced ideologically driven cultural policies intended to shape a new, virtuous Russian citizen for the future

What’s bad for the west is good for the Kremlin – and the fringe elements in the current government proved this

How do you talk terms with someone like Vladimir Putin? The former head of GCHQ on how to create real peace from bloodshed

Eclipsed by contemporaries like Garbo and Dietrich, it’s difficult today to appreciate just what a presence Baclanova was in her heyday

The world, including myself, missed tell-tale signs that Putin was the murder machine and enemy of liberal democracies he’s proved to be

Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west

Recent arrests may show that even as the invasion of Ukraine falters, Russia keeps sending its agents to the UK

But, there are ways to recoup the huge cost to taxpayers