Facing charges: Russia’s deputy defence minister, Timur Ivanov.
EPA-EFE/Moscow City Court Press Handout
The constant jockeying for power among Putin’s subordinates serves the Russian president’s purpose.
Ukrainians face hardship and loss, but hope remains.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Nuclear proliferation is gathering pace as global tensions rise.
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The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
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Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
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Russia’s claims of self-defence are flimsy. You only have to breathe on them to knock them over. But would it be wise to try Putin in his absence?
Members of Ukraine’s ‘Siberian Battalion’ training near Kyiv, APril 2024.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in February 2024.
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Tension in the western Balkans, which has been troubled by ethnic tensions since the wars of the 1990s, is becoming an increasing concern for the EU and Nato.
Pleading for help: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says his country is running out of the means with which to defend itself.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Farewell to arms: Ukrainians mourn their dead.
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As Ukraine begs its allies for more arms to defend itself, Russia is beginning to advance at several along its front lines.
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Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
EPA-EFE/Dumitru Doru
Russia has long harboured territorial ambitions in this former Soviet republic.
Vladimir Putin speaking during a concert in Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 10th anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
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Since annexing Crimea ten years ago, Putin has set out to destroy non-Russian identities on the peninsular.
EPA-EFE/Sergei Ilnitsky
Many western governments have called Putin’s election ‘illegitimate’. Now they need to adjust their diplomatic relations accordingly.
A Russian National Guard servicemen secures an area as a massive blaze seen over the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. An Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attack on the concert hall that killed over 130 people.
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Ukraine has denied any involvement in the terrorist attack that killed dozens of people in Moscow, but that doesn’t mean Russia won’t try to use the event as a way to escalate its war with Ukraine.
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After five years of operating mostly in western Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Islamist terror groups are again growing in strength in the West.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech before presenting the Russian Hero of Labour gold medals in June 2023.
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Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.
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Western governments must honestly assess the mistaken assumptions that have undermined effective policies in the past and articulate what a better future would look like for the Russian people.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.