Ukraine

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

The polls opened at the Russian embassy in Paris – what I saw there gave me hope

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

Pope Francis may have called for a settlement, but those who have lived through the invasion are standing firm

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

Alienating Britain and France is a catastrophe for European security, but could this allow the chancellor to gain ground at home?

Nations can achieve more when they work with allies – Britain must remember this

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

From Kyiv, a leading photographer shares her thoughts and images of what Russia’s aggression looks like close-up

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

Dictators are boring, as the US journalist Tucker Carlson belatedly discovered when he met Vladimir Putin

The country’s army is full of middle-aged volunteers hoping to save the next generation from fighting

What if Russian soldiers return to the small town Paldiski that they left 30 years ago?

The Council president who U-turned over resignation and Hungary’s populist head bring shame on Brussels

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

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

The world’s most discredited and pointless summit will provide few answers

After four failed prime ministers in four years, the Conservatives are belatedly realising that all they have to show the electorate is failure

Ultimately, the prime minister knows which side his bread is buttered

For the bereaved citizens of Ukraine, the holiday season is the cruellest time of all

The west must understand that when it comes to Putin, there are only binary outcomes

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

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 scale of the global crisis means the time for pacifism is long gone

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

As Russia bombs Ukraine’s cultural sites, the powerful work in the capital’s Biennial is scattered across Europe

Dziga Vertov’s film changed cinema and outlasted the USSR – now it’s raising awareness of Ukraine’s fight

Venturing out onto the city’s streets carries danger. But there is little reason to go out anyway