As the war in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary, Putin’s state of the nation address peddles familiar fantasies

Stephen Davis explains how, as Ukrainians cautiously celebrate liberated territory, demoralised Russians ponder their next moves

As Putin bans 29 UK journalists, Moscow’s fictional war narrative reaches a new level of grotesque absurdity

Russia has a long history of forcibly resettling subject peoples, might it be doing the same again in Ukraine?

With almost the entire world now backing Ukraine, Russia cannot win this war and is now beginning to count the...

War with Ukraine has led to anti-war protests with thousands of participants. Citizens are aware that history has its eyes...

We must stand by Ukraine as Russia invades Donetsk and Luhansk and declares their sovereignty. If Ukraine falls, the world...

As well as continuing to silence dissent, Putin has been building up his military presence close to the Ukrainian border

Refugee build-up at the Polish-Belarusian border is a deliberate attempt by Putin to destabilise the EU; but all have a...

With the arrival of the more virulent Delta-variant, the course of the pandemic in Russia looks uncertain and potentially ominous

How will the international community react to the latest violent repression of basic human rights in Belarus and Russia?

Stephen Davis examines the conflict between Vladimir Putin and his rivals in Russia, with escalating protests in Moscow

During 2020, Putin saw several challenges to his rule and influence, most of which have been contained, though not totally...

The stand-off between Lukashenko’s administration and the opposition continues, with hundreds of thousands attending demonstrations

Despite a campaign of intimidation and brutal violence by the regime of the man who has ruled the country for...

The continuing stand-off between the official ‘winner’ of Belarus’s rigged presidential election, Aleksandr Lukashenko, and the growing coalition of opposition...

One week after the election that, according to the regime, saw Aleksandr Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term, the political...

There were no surprises in yesterday’s presidential election in Belarus with the ‘resounding victory’ of incumbent Aleksandr Lukashenko

the man credited with returning stability to the USSR’s successor state, the Russian Federation, appears in increasing trouble