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Siberia: In Search of the Gulag

‘When I finally reached Magadan, I hunted for days for a survivor. "I'm sorry, they are all dead," was the refrain. With male life-expectancy in Russia a mere 58, I should not

December 14, 2009

Dispatches·History·Russia

Bloodstained Chancer

Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service

September 23, 2009

Books·History·Russia

Moscow: Putin’s Empire Strikes Out

Russians cling to the idea of being a great power, even though the quest for empire has become illusory and self-destructive. Can a new generation change this?

September 22, 2009

Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Russia

Horse Power

Russia Against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven

September 22, 2009

Books·France·History·Russia

Swallowing the Party Line

The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome by Roland Chambers

June 25, 2009

Books·Communism·Espionage·Literature·Russia

BBC Kremlin Service

The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Media·Politics·Russia

Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression

Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

January 27, 2009

Academia·Communism·Constitutional Affairs·Economy·Europe·Features·France·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Philosophy·Politics·Russia·The West·Western Europe

A Blind Eye to Stalin

Soviet Constructivism is coming to town in the (emotionless) shape of an exhibition at Tate Britain

January 12, 2009

Art·Communism·Russia

Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad

Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony

December 15, 2008

Eastern Europe·Energy·Espionage·Europe·Features·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Media·Politics·Publishing·Russia·The West

Editorial image for "A Norwegian Thatcher?" — The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of…

The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains

November 25, 2008