Telegram is popular with the state and the public in Russia.
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Telegram is used by many Russians to keep in touch, and share news.
The EU’s Green Deal aims to ensure that the European Union achieves climate neutrality by 2050, through a comprehensive transition to renewable energies.
Maciej Bledowski
By reducing Russia’s revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, could the implementation of the EU’s Green Deal promoted contribute to the stabilisation of Europe? Game theory provides insight.
Tucker Carlson speaking at the Australian Freedom Conference, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, June 25, 2024.
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Formulaic appeals to “free speech” do not remove the need to critically challenge extreme and antidemocratic views.
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The government’s push for closer relations with the US could be undone by a Trump victory in November.
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A digest of some of the best of our recent coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.
Increasing the pressure: Vladimir Putin reveals Russia’s new nuclear doctinre at a meeting of his security council, September 25 2024.
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The Russian president has lowered the bar for Russia resorting to using nuclear weapons. Now it’s up to the west to respond.
EPA-EFE/Justin Lane
The Ukrainian president is trying to convince the US and other allies to double down on their support, but there are myriad other distractions.
Russia currently has the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
The prospect of a nuclear holocaust has receded since the end of the cold war. But maybe the world should take it more seriously.
Satellite image of the aftermath of a large series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Toropets, Russia, on Sept. 18, 2024.
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The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a war of attrition, and most analyses have assumed that plays to Russia’s advantage. But that view disregards the importance of Ukrainian resolve and morale.
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Centralising power in a president is more likely to foster personalised, corrupt governance that is democratically unaccountable.
Roll-call of the dead: a tribute to some of the casualties of the 30-month conflict in Ukraine.
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Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea.
President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make a toast.
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In Autocracy Inc., Pulitzer winner Anne Applebaum suggests there is a “network” among the world’s autocrats, which they use to further their aims and undermine democracy. But is there?
The Last Word at the Marylebone Theatre.
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The Last Word focuses on the sheer absurdity of putting women on trial for daring to speak out. The women’s speeches are all verbatim transcripts, spoken by one actress.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP
Russian leaders have routinely engaged in nuclear sabre-rattling since the Ukraine war began, aimed at curtailing Western support for Kyiv.
German protesters with placards supporting a closer relationship with Russia and calling for no more tanks for Ukraine.
icholas Muller/S/Alamy
East Germans are not the only former members of the Soviet bloc who are moving closer to Putin’s position on the Ukraine war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past Mongolia’s prime minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.
Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency
Mongolia has worked hard to craft friendly relations across the globe. But geography means that Russia and China still retain a strong influence.
Workers at the site of a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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The latest round-up of news from Ukraine.
Ukrainian woman Anna Shevchenko next to her bombed home in Irpin, near Kyiv, May 2022.
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Dennis Glover asks where the world might be heading and warns that maybe the endgame has already begun.
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The Indian prime minister’s visit to Kyiv highlights complex behind-the-scenes manoeuvring with important geopolitical implications.
Russia president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on the Kursk incursion on Aug. 8, 2024.
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From terrorist attacks to submarine disasters, Russia’s longtime leader has shown to be vulnerable in the face of crises.