Russia

If you love children and happen to live in Russia, the kindest thing you could do would be not to have any

Russian victory spells disaster for Europe and without urgent support to Ukraine, this is inevitable

Moscow pumped huge amounts of money into Moldova’s EU vote – and lost

If Trump wins a second term, he will force Ukraine into a humiliating peace deal with Russia

Why do oligarchs – and their defamation lawyers – still have the power to silence all criticism?

The Russian leader remains an agent of chaos, and as Iran may soon find out, he only has one issue in mind – his own self-interest

The history of propaganda proves that the world should heed the warnings

The west now knows it must, and can, push back against Russia

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Kursk shows a dictator in crisis, with the Russian people and China turning their backs on him

Meet the defectors, who want a new life in Vladimir Putin’s ultra-conservative utopia

Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk has exposed yet more flaws at the heart of Russia. Could the dictator’s regime now fall?

Where did Putin come from?

Zelensky’s forces have invaded Russian territory, a move that shifts the whole dynamic of the conflict. But the risks are huge

Vadim Krasikov is a free man. Putin wanted his hitman back

The United States, then, has to live with the fact it helped free people serving time for crimes as severe as murder

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

Le Pen’s party is packed with Russia supporters – no wonder the Kremlin’s disinformation machine supported her

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