Rachel Polonsky

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Russian enigma

  • 07 June 2004

The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: was Hitler's favourite actress a Russian spy? Antony Beevor Viking, 300pp, £16.99 ISBN 0670915203

The spy who came in from the cold. Vladimir Putin's re-election as president will be the end for any hope of liberal democracy in Russia. Is he a smooth-talking charmer, as he likes to present himself, or is he, as those critics who dare speak out suggest, still essentially a KGB thug?

  • 15 March 2004

Inside Putin's Russia Andrew Jack Granta Books, 350pp, £20 ISBN 1862076405 Putin's Progress Peter Truscott Simon & Schuster, 370pp, £17.99 Putin: Russia's choice Richard Sakwa Routledge, 208pp, £15.99 Black Earth: Russia after the fall Andrew Meier HarperCollins, 511pp, £25

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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