Like a lot of authoritarian leaders, Putin is aware that a low turnout will make him look weak in the eyes of the world.
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Between 1939 and 1945, Pope Pius XII put the interests of the Catholic Church in Germany before the fate of European Jews.
While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
Ukrainians are safeguarding their language and cultural identity in the face of Russian attempts to erase it.
Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
Biden outlined a plan to build a temporary port to deliver aid to Gaza, and called on Israel to protect innocent victims in Gaza.
Opposition from soldiers’ wives is an underestimated form of resistance against Vladimir Putin.
Helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression is not a violation of international law – but Russia might interpret it as escalation.
Russia has looked for new trading partners as sanctions bite, but also suffered a brain drain.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The US has imposed another round of sanctions following the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. But will it work?
Sending ground troops to Ukraine could provoke a wider and vastly more dangerous war with Russia,
Europe should not ignore the importance of Serbia as a Russian ally.
Sometimes I feel that after Chernobyl our land is cursed. Hearing about French children watching Mavka in a Parisian cinema, I felt hope.
Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are either dead, in jail or in exile. But it might just be ordinary people who can take over the battle for democracy in Russia.
Russia appears to have seized the battleground initiative as the Ukraine war marks its second anniversary – but the conflict is far from over.
The Russian president still insists that Ukraine has been taken over by hostile pro-western elites over the past decade.
Satellite photography of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows block after block of destroyed buildings. Satellite radar provides a different view – a systematic look at the destruction of the whole city.
Western military support for Ukraine is more important than ever.
The erasure of Ukrainian nationhood in occupied territories and frequent denial of Ukraine’s right to exist is evidence the Russian invasion has been genocidal in nature.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Teaching Fellow, School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Security, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security, University of Hull
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
