Pekka Kallioniemi assesses the Kremlin’s effective use of energy and financial dependency as part of its playbook shaping European politics
A new report has identified how high-powered Russian individuals in Government and business are responsible for human rights violations, Byline Times reports
The West can better help Ukraine by learning from its mistakes with Georgia, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Tom Mutch documents the ups and downs of the last 10 months of triumph and horror, and how Ukrainian resourcefulness brought hope out of despair
Britain joined Russia in blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning the Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
Paul Niland looks at how even Russia’s minimal war aims in Ukraine are vague and impossible, eroded by the attrition of the Ukrainian armed forces and a failing mobilisation
Mark Temnycky says that though Russia gambled to finance far-right politicians in Western elections this year, the attempt to stifle support for Ukraine has failed badly
As Putin’s brutal invasion heads towards the end of its tenth month, former Marine Julian McBride argues the US and its allies need to face the new realities of conventional war
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, argues that the Government’s response to the energy crisis is wasting a unique opportunity
A businessman with ties to the sanctioned Russian oligarch is listed as a partner and advisor to a Westminster group containing senior MPs and peers
In Poland, the artist and psychologist Kateryna Shukh runs art therapy sessions for Ukrainian refugee women. Sian Norris spoke to her about the life-changing project
Diogo Augusto reports on the close family ties between the Ambassador and a pro-Russia business forum
Putin has already lost his war against Ukraine, on the ground, in the air, and on its airwaves. It’s just a matter of time before the consequences for him and his repellent regime become apparent
Tom Mutch talks to the survivors of Russian occupation in recently-liberated Novopetrovsk and discovers a reign of looting and terror followed by an orderly withdrawal
In reaction to the perceived pro-Kremlin tilt in the Government, Georgian opposition parties hope to draw attention to the forgotten slaughter of 30 years ago Venera Meshveliani fled her home in Abkhazia thirty years ago. With it, a wave of ethnic cleansing would see thousands of Georgians tortured, raped and slaughtered by Abkhaz separatists backed…
Chris York speaks to those who have been living with terror in the only regional Ukrainian capital the Russians had captured since its reinvasion in February
With the liberation of Kherson and no ‘red wave’ in the US Congress, Mark Temnycky considers how Russia faces defeats on the ground and a loss of influence
Zarina Zabrisky reports on how Russia is attempting to take advantage of the cost of living crisis in the former Soviet state
Sian Norris considers the Russian President’s use of aggressive and violent masculinity to justify his invasion of Ukraine, and how it links to his Satanic conspiracy theories
Paul Niland anticipates a brutal winter ahead as Russia targets civilian infrastructure with weapons supplied by Iran
Chris York meets a family in Kyiv to find out how people are living with Russia’s renewed assault on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the Russian energy giant Gazprom planned to control Ukraine’s gas and backed Donald Trump due to Putin’s existential fear of net zero
Natalie Vikhrov speaks to Ukrainians recently liberated from Russian occupation, and hears their stories of terror, torture and survival
Although again aware of the possibility of death at any moment, the city’s coffee servers have opted to keep offering hot drinks – and support – to its residents. Chris York reports
Amid a misjudged social media endorsement of Boris Johnson by the Ukrainian Government, Chris York speaks to people in Kyiv about what they make of the UK’s political crisis
Putin’s nuclear posturing is largely empty, says Paul Niland, but that doesn’t mean the risks are non-existent
An exclusive, three-month investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent of relationship breakdowns in the Homes for Ukraine scheme that has left refugees at risk of exploitation and homelessness, and local councils stretched
Far away from the front line, Chris York reports from Western Ukraine where residents fear both the march of Vladimir Putin, nuclear war and winter
As Russian missiles rain down again on the Ukrainian capital, Chris York finds that Putin’s attempt to intimidate Ukrainians is being met with increasing defiance
Zarina Zabrisky talks to survivors of the newly liberated Kharkiv region and discovers a terrifying logic of ‘psyops’ in Russian atrocities
Sites including the Daily Mail and Metro maintain the presence of RU Target, a data specialist advertising company owned by sanctioned Russian state-controlled bank, Sberbank
As Putin announces plans to annex more Ukrainian territory, Paul Niland exposes one of the most persistent Russian propaganda ploys which tries to turn victim into perpetrator
The era of Russian dominance in the South Caucasus is coming to an end, reports Nikola Mikovic
Sian Norris considers Martha Gellhorn’s classic 1966 examination of propaganda, Real War And War Of Words, and updates it for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Natalie Vikhrov reports from a village north of Kharkiv where doctors have stopped counting the number of times they have been shelled
Chris York samples the mood of Ukrainians in the Black Sea city after 200 days of war, and finds conflicting feelings of fear, suspicion, hope, sadness and defiance
Chris York explains how the NAFO phenomenon is just one example of the decentralised ingenuity of Ukraine’s civil society against the centralised troll farms and bots of the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare
As the Russian army is pushed back around Kharkiv and Kherson, Nicola Mikovic looks at why the Kremlin still holds to its narrative of a multi-polar world, with itself a major player
Tom Mutch reports from the frontline city of Mykolaiv, which avoided capture by the Russian Army and is now at the centre of a Ukrainian counter-offensive