Russia

A year after the disastrous anti-Putin putsch that cost its founder his life, the Russian state-funded military group has resumed its mission to cause chaos and destruction – and in its more official guise is no longer trying to deny it

Early Soviet avant-garde art… and how it was crushed

A Russian victory over Ukraine would provide proof of the concept that ‘might is right’

The G7 and EU must make up their minds about what to do with €300 billion of Russia’s frozen assets

His ‘offer’ should be understood for what it is: an invitation to the west to sign its own death warrant

Putin is spinning the pro-Russian narrative of an unwinnable war for Ukraine and the west

A dreamlike lost masterpiece about a writer’s fixation with Dostoevsky – a man who would have hated him

As conflicts ratchet up across the world, the risk of a nuclear war – perhaps even one started by accident – seems closer than ever

Thousands of Georgians are protesting against the "Russian law", refusing to give up their hopes of joining the EU

Whatever and wherever he played, his deep feeling for the music made the instrument seem like an extension of him

People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU

Barrister Geoffrey Robertson dramatises what might happen within the walls of a future courtroom

A flood of Russian money has undeniably corrupted British politics – but to what extent? It is now time for an inquiry to find out

Viktor Orbán’s support for Trump and Putin could give rise to a terrifying axis, and with it bring about the end of liberal democracy

Ten years since its annexation, Putin’s miscalculations have put the status of Crimea in doubt again

There are no signs that the commitment to the truth of Alexei Navalny’s allies will be deterred by violence

A West Point professor of Russian politics and foreign policy looks at the future of Russia without Putin

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