Books How Vasily Grossman became a thorn in Stalin’s side As Putin’s Russia glorifies its Soviet past, Grossman’s urgent, questioning voice needs to be heard again. By Victor Sebestyen
Red Famine traces the shocking history of Stalin’s war on Ukraine Anne Applebaum shows beyond doubt that the famine was man-made and ordered for clear political reasons. By Victor Sebestyen
How not to end a war Mikhail Gorbachev called Afghanistan “our bleeding wound”. Why hasn’t Nato learned from the Soviet U By Victor Sebestyen