SubscriptionsCategory: Vladimir Putin
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‘Putin’s Russia is the Antithesis of Eurovision – Let’s Keep it Off the Stage’
In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and brutal suppression of its culture, Matt Smith says Eurovision can provide another story of international solidarity and appreciation
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Kleptocracy and War: The Kremlin Seizes Assets of ‘Unfriendly’ States
Zarina Zabrisky explains how Putin’s seizure of the company property is just a continuation of his state-sponsored looting which began 30 years ago in St Petersburg
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Wagner Isn’t the Only Proxy Company Waging the Kremlin’s Widening World War – It’s Just the Biggest
Brian Latham explores the relative success of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military company – effectively a mining company with guns – and its clash with China in a new scramble for Africa
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Democracy in Crisis: What Next? Populism or Woke Capitalism?
With inflation up, growth down, and 80% of Britons unsatisfied with the political system, Matthew Gwyther explores a catastrophic loss of faith in our economic system
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Blood and Gold: How the Sudanese are Dying for Putin’s War in Ukraine
Brian Latham reveals the role of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin in the violence in Sudan
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Kremlin Welcomed Evgeny Lebedev Peerage
Sam Bright reveals how the Russian Ambassador to the UK claimed the owner of the Independent and Evening Standard had “much contributed to strengthening Russian-British relations”
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Ochakiv and the Battle for the Kinburn Spit
Zarina Zabrisky reports from Ochakiv on the Black Sea coast, one of Ukraine’s most dangerous and underreported hotspots after almost a year of full-scale Russian aggression
