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Russia’s Teetering Toughman

Ben Judah's rich and thoughtful account of the Putin years charts a Russian political system continually manipulated by a wounded leader

May 29, 2013

Books·Russia

Russia’s Poisoned Hinterland

The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough charts the unsavoury history of alcoholism, violence, abortions and nihilism in the former USSR. For all this, it is beautifully written

March 26, 2013

Books·Russia

Siberia: Shamans, Spies and the Secret Police

'It was then that it hit me: I was being interrogated by the FSB. It was only then I began to see how terrified the locals were'

February 25, 2013

Dispatches·Russia

Puss in Chains

Throughout the media's coverage of the Kremlin's heinous treatment of Pussy Riot one thing has been shamefully overlooked: their feminism

August 29, 2012

Counterpoints·Russia

The Empire is Still Evil

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

March 27, 2012

Books·Russia

Stalin’s Retreat

British leaders should apply the lesson of Churchill's firm resistance to a belligerent Stalin when dealing with the Kremlin

February 21, 2012

Counterpoints·Russia

Putin’s Chinese Whispers

Russia and China's deep-running antagonism makes them awkward allies

November 22, 2011

China·Dispatches·Russia

Moscow Martyr

David Cameron's forthcoming visit to the Kremlin should not just be another exercise in deferential "diplomacy"

August 30, 2011

Counterpoints·Russia·UK Politics

Eastern Questions

Crimea: The Last Crusade by Orlando Figes

September 27, 2010

Books·History·Literature·Russia

Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti

'The Tajiks are unnervingly friendly. They take the Islamic injunction of hospitality with grave seriousness. The hungry often sacrifice their only cow for a backpacker with a camera, and the regime has

June 22, 2010

Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Russia

Nabokov in Berlin

'Perhaps tying works of art to their originating topography is vulgar and needs to be kept discreet. But history needs Nabokov. During the artistically formative years, he lived here in the 1920s

June 22, 2010

Critique·Germany·Literature·Russia

Kaliningrad: Russia’s Outpost in Europe’s Heart

"It is almost impossible to believe this misery was once a beautiful German city known as Königsberg, where Kant thought, Herder wrote and Prussia began"

March 19, 2010

Dispatches·Europe·Russia

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