Will we ever understand Vladimir Putin?
The History Bureau, the new BBC Sounds series, seeks to unravel the past 25 years of modern Russian history
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How the Soviet Union got over Stalin – or thought it did
His successors proclaimed a more liberal socialism. But was it ever real?
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Heated Rivalry is the romp we need
In the new TV sensation, hockey is merely a conduit for hot men, hotel rooms and hook-ups
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Venezuelans don’t trust Trump
The country is caught in a war between empires
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Vladimir Putin’s confidence game
The Russian leader will only be emboldened by Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela
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Trump ushers in a new era of rogue superpowers
With the strike on Venezuela, the United States joins Russia and China in carving up the globe into spheres of…
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Russia has made Britain its number one enemy
Ex-Nato official John Lough on how the UK is being “singled out” for Russian aggression
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Donald Trump is making peace in Ukraine harder
America’s chaotic negotiations risk prolonging the chaos not ending it
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Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina: “Putin will fuck you up”
The group’s founding member on standing up to Putin and life in exile
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If Putin wins, all this will have been in vain
But they see no alternative to fighting on
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Is “Russophobia” why Poland and Russia don’t get along?
A new Moscow exhibition argues Poland is the problem
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The oil market has turned against Putin
New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
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Why the Trump-Putin summit fell apart
The US president is scuppering his own efforts to negotiate peace
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The terrible contradictions of Tolstoy
Maxim Gorky’s reminiscences about his literary hero are just as avant-garde today as they were in the 1920s
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The real question about European security guarantees for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has warned that any foreign troops in the country would be “legitimate targets”.
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Deaf Republic is a celebration of life amongst war
A new play explores the migrant experience through spoken English, sign language and a visual vernacular.
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Trump’s fantasy diplomacy in Russia and Ukraine
His determination to see the best in Vladimir Putin is compounded by his ignorance about the war.
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How Putin can win in Alaska
The meeting is a gift to the Russian president.
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Anatomy of a Kremlin assassination
The founder of the Russian Democratic Society on how she found out she was on a Kremlin hitlist.
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A perilous age
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
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