Vladimir Putin counts on “dirty bombs” and dipping temperatures in Ukraine
The Russian president has relied on coercive pressures to deliver the political victories that he has failed to achieve by…
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Discover the latest New Statesman content on Russia, exploring the politics, culture and economy of the nation. Insightful coverage and analysis of the war in Ukraine and Putin’s presidency.
What will stop Vladimir Putin?
It is hard to find a route to a diplomatic resolution in Ukraine.
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Russia is trying to engineer a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Having failed on the battlefield, Moscow is hitting energy infrastructure before the winter.
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Letter from Helsinki: Finland’s challenge to Russia
From nuclear power to Nato, the Nordic nation is on the cusp of momentous change.
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Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats must not deter the West
The war will end when Moscow has to come to terms with its failure.
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Will Putin go nuclear?
Giving in to the Russian president’s blackmail will make nuclear war more, not less, likely.
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Adam Curtis’s magic lantern through Russia
The documentary-maker’s new series shows how a country traumatised by the failures of communism and capitalism ended up with Vladimir…
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Dmitry Medvedev and all the president’s hawks
Once known as a pro-Western liberal, the former Russian president has decided the best way to advance in Putin’s Russia…
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The left’s fatal longing for life as usual
Vladimir Putin’s war isn’t just on Ukraine; it is a war being waged against the collective West.
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Dispatch from Ukraine: Russia’s war returns to Kyiv
Vladimir Putin has suffered setbacks but recent attacks on Ukrainian cities show his willingness to raise the stakes.
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Vladimir Putin is exposed as a failed war leader
The West needs to consider who might replace the Russian president.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine’s cities are an implicit nuclear threat
After a bomb partially destroyed the Crimean Kerch Bridge, Vladimir Putin has retaliated by targeting parks and universities in Kyiv…
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As a Ukrainian, I am calling for a global embargo on Russian fossil fuels
The war is devastating the country and impeding climate action, says Ukraine’s ex-deputy environment minister.
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How much territory does Ukraine control? Use this interactive map to find out
The New Statesman’s interactive map shows the size of Ukraine’s occupied territory when compared to other countries
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For Ukrainians, Russia is now Tolkien’s Mordor
Magic in The Lord of the Rings sagas mirrors today’s powerful technology – and the dark impulses it can serve.
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Leader: Vladimir Putin’s game of nuclear blackmail
By threatening a nuclear strike Russia hopes to bully the West into reducing support for Kyiv. This is a perilous…
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How should the US respond to a Russian nuclear attack?
We are entering the most dangerous nuclear crisis since the 1980s.
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The forgotten nuclear threat of North Korea
Kim Jong Un has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
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What could happen if Russia used nuclear weapons?
Russia’s state Duma has approved the annexation of Ukrainian regions, will Putin now use nuclear weapons to hold these areas?
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Ukraine’s army makes a mockery of Vladimir Putin’s annexation
As the Russian president addressed the country’s elite, Ukrainian forces encircled Lyman, a key hub in Donbas.
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