Russia

Russia’s drones are getting closer

Nato is struggling to adapt to the rapidly changing nature of warfare

The Slapp trap

As media lawyers battle to keep Britain’s libel industry lucrative, hopes for reform are fading

Vladimir Putin’s nightmares have come true

Russia’s leader has created the world he always feared

As the world shifts around us, Ukraine fights on

Thawing relations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have allowed Russia to globalise its war

The war with Iran will go on, and on 

The prospect of protracted conflict that reshapes the world is only growing

Ed Miliband: The era of clean energy security

Our actions must now be faster, deeper and more wide-ranging if we are to protect our security. We have not…

The Great British defence con

Military insiders are trying to bully the government into dependency on an erratic United States

Ed Miliband declares the end of the fossil fuel era

The Energy Secretary and the Chancellor are about to delink the price of gas and electricity

Hungary proves populism can be defeated

The country has a long-developed method for beating back Russian influence

An English life in Vladimir Putin’s twilight zone

Foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts spent 25 years living in Russia. What did he witness during its descent into authoritarianism?

Patrick Radden Keefe’s obituary for Britain

In London Falling, the American journalist presents the capital as a dying, amoral city

Hollywood loves Russians again

American cinema clearly prioritises its smouldering leading men over a distant war

February 2000: Vladimir Putin approaches power

The Rasputin legend

He dazzled the tsar and tsarina with his virile charisma. But, as Antony Beevor shows, he also inspired their demise

The Iran war, oil and gas prices, and a potential new inflation spike

Britain and Europe must prepare for soaring energy prices

How Putin is backing Iran’s war effort

A prolonged conflict in the Middle East would serve Russia’s interests

Reflections on the never-ending war in Ukraine

Lessons from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945

Putin will attack Europe next

“If Russia Wins” author Carlo Masala on why Moscow is already looking beyond Ukraine, and how Europe can defend itself…

Uncovering Russia’s dark soul

The country’s vast woods have been overlooked in our understanding of its violent history

Reform is looking beatable

The party is losing rather than gaining popularity – but can Labour benefit?