Many Russians hanker for the old USSR, but it has more to do with cultural and economic nostalgia than wanting the old Soviet empire back.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Politics + Society – Articles, Analysis, Comment
Displaying 2276 - 2300 of 11558 articles
A lot of the fighting in Ukraine is being done by non-state militias, some with a chequered history.
Sunak’s family financial arrangements raise questions about whether, as chancellor, he benefits from rules he sets himself.
The British prime minister, his wife and the chancellor of the exchequer are all in legal trouble over lockdown gatherings.
‘Vranyo’ is the Russian word for a lie that you tell to make yourself look good, whether people believe it or not.
Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.
My profiling experience left me questioning how I am viewed in wider society.
Nato’s military exercises in Europe are not a response to the invasion of Ukraine. But they are a handy way of sending Putin a message.
The Ukrainian president says the country will set up its own system for prosecuting Russian soldiers for war crimes.
Challenges in evidence, long-term planning and public understanding mean that universal basic income has become easier said than done.
Watching big events, like the Olympics, on television was a key route into fandom.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was the great success story of the first round. The question now becomes – who gets his votes in the second?
Pressure is mounting on Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to distance the country from Putin’s Russia.
There are 12 candidates in the first round of the campaign – two favourites, three outsiders and a host of people with no chance of making it to the second round.
Growing reports of war crimes by the Russian army are prompting calls for more action by the west.
Evidence of atrocities in districts retaken by Ukrainian forces suggest that Russian soldiers are as complicit in war crimes as their leader Vladimir Putin.
The grisly work of forensic investigators at the scene of a possible war crime.
IHOs have learned how to bring warring parties together while at the same time guaranteeing their own security.
Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
A citizens’ assembly calls for stronger sanctions for rule breaking MPs.
Soviet Russia had a policy of denying its responsibility for war crimes. It looks as if Putin’s Russia may be following suit.
A united opposition may be a winning strategy in some elections, but not for the United for Hungary coalition.
If Russian missiles have an accuracy of one metre, how come they seem to hit civilian targets such as healthcare centres?
The reform finally brings the divorce process into the 21st century.
Pakistan is in the middle of a constitutional crisis as a bid to unseat Imran Khan failed.