Vladimir Putin is not dead
While his statements on Crimea are alarming, rumours of the Russian president’s death have been – oh, you know how…
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Philip Hammond: Russia could be the “single greatest threat“ to UK security
The Foreign Secretary warns about the threat Russia poses to Britain’s security, seeing relations going from prickly to poor.
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The assassination of Boris Nemtsov shows that in Putin’s Russia, anything is permitted
The west can do very little to intervene as Putin hunkers down.
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In France, who gets to be a feminist?
The decision by the mayor of Paris’s 20th arrondissement to withdraw from an event with a well-known feminist and anti-racist…
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Why do Russians still support Vladimir Putin?
Talking to Russians young and old, Jana Bakunina found five main reasons why support for the president has not declined…
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An EU explainer for the easily bored: what has Europe ever done for me?
Thanks to the EU, wine is more affordable, flights are cheaper and you can access the internet on your phone…
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Vladimir Putin has torn my family apart
I grew up in a family of Soviet intelligentsia, but the relentless propaganda from Russia’s state-controlled media has convinced my…
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