Vladimir Putin
28/10/2017 - 13:06
Mr Putin has earned that title by lifting his country out of what many Russians see as the chaos in the 1990s and by making it count again... →
10/07/2017 - 16:43
Whether Trump will rebuke Putin for any of these actions is unclear. One could, however, easily imagine them bonding over their shared... →
30/03/2017 - 15:26
President Vladimir Putin is the embodiment of nostalgia not so much for Soviet times as for that period’s sacralization of the state, which... →
04/11/2016 - 17:12
Vladimir Putin’s rule accelerated and deepened Russia’s decline. Putin came to power in 1999 at a time when 70% of the Russian economy was... →
08/08/2016 - 16:10
For the most part, he has gotten away with it, thereby establishing a model of lawlessness and mendacity that other regimes have begun to... →
15/01/2016 - 16:51
The Ukraine crisis changed everything. Russia’s March 2014 annexation of Crimea and the resulting Western sanctions brought about a clear... →
22/11/2015 - 14:15
But a “first strike” is not an absolute principle, and it is completely unacceptable when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons in... →
05/05/2015 - 12:15
The Soviet Union lost more than 20m citizens and its role in defeating Nazi Germany was greater than that of any other state. The number... →
18/04/2015 - 13:30
Mr. Putin has sold this narrative so successfully at home that he has approval ratings over 80%, despite a crumbling economy. But he also... →
07/04/2015 - 18:40
The “world on fire” is reminiscent of the Cold War years. Mr. Putin tosses out the “n” word, brandishing his nuclear arsenal to defend his... →
03/03/2015 - 13:20
The inquiry into the death of Litvinenko is taking place in London at the moment. Speaking at its opening, Ben Emmerson QC argued that the... →