The thorn in the side of Russia's kleptocrats stands accused of nonsensical criminal charges that amount to nothing more than the bullying of a mafia state

'My recent book wasn't shortlisted for the Orwell Prize but nor was Christopher Hitchens's — the judges must be mad'

Book review of Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West by Edward Lucas

Both the Russian intelligentsia and the people have lost faith in their leader—but he won’t go quietly, whatever the voters’ verdict