The truth behind all of Vladimir Putin’s current rhetoric is that if Ukraine falls, he will not stop there, writes Alexander Temerko. Alexander Temerko is a British-Ukrainian businessman who held senior posts in the Russian Defence Ministry in the Yeltsin era. The …
If anyone had any hesitation about whether Russia was a ‘demokratura’ or a totalitarian regime, the answer today - following the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny - is clear.
Russia plans to nearly triple its LNG export capacity by 2030, with four new terminals in the Arctic due to bring more revenues for Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Yet, Ukraine’s allies have a strong leverage on Russian LNG exports, writes Andrii Zhupanyn.
NATO countries are priming their citizens to be ready for the next global conflict between the great powers. Once unthinkable, the idea of a third world war seems closer than ever, writes Maurizio Geri.
As Davos deliberates on the world's economic future, the call from Kyiv is resolute: put an end to Russian oil and gas, and you will not only end the war in Ukraine but also slow the spread of autocracy and speed up the global energy transition, write Svitlana Romanko and Oleh Savytskyi.
Finland has identified a surge in asylum-seekers from Russia and has taken measures to curb it by closing four of the nine border crossing points along its 1,340 km-long frontier with its big eastern neighbour.
Vladimir Putin’s biggest – and wildest – project is to resuscitate the Soviet Union in some form during his lifetime. But he has a problem: No country wants to join the Russian Federation, not even Belarus, despite its vassal status. Enlargement à …
Media investigations have revealed how European companies continued to provide hardware and services to a massive new gas project in Siberia, despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The next round of EU sanctions must put an end to this, write Oleh Stavinsky and Zoe Reiter.
The supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, is on a protracted visit in Russia’s north, where he met President Vladimir Putin and was taken to visit a 'Disneyland' of military paraphernalia.
How effectively do social media platforms curb Russian disinformation? A recent European Commission report paints a worrying picture – and points the finger at Elon Musk.
Having significantly reduced its dependence on Russian energy, the EU must now instigate a full embargo on Russian gas, rendering transit via Ukraine unnecessary, writes Sergiy Makogon.
Qualified majority voting could become a bulwark against Russia and Poland should lead the movement towards it, writes Pierre Haroche.
The EU needs to continue to adopt new sanctions on Russia and work to ensure they are not circumvented, writes Anrike Visser.
The Russian aggression in Ukraine is possibly the symptom of even bigger geopolitical turmoil lurking just behind the corner.
Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine, their Slav and Orthodox neighbour, is possibly only a symptom of a bigger illness. The Russian nation, the centre of a vast empire spanning Eurasia, is self-destructing to an extent unseen in modern history.
Much focus is placed on discerning the impact sanctions are having on Russia, but EU member states must first ensure robust implementation, writes Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin. Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security …
Bulgarians will vote in yet another snap election on Sunday (2 April), and my colleagues in Sofia have already described the political crisis and the grim expectations for what lies ahead.
Reading Vladimir Putin’s mind has become a full-time job for strategists and analysts. The question of the day is: What is behind the Russian president’s announced intention to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus?
The arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a much bigger deal than it may appear: It makes him a political outcast unlikely to play a role in a possible negotiated peace process.
Russia needs the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but this is also fuelling a conflict with the Central Asian country which may get out of hand.
Many in the West see Alexei Navalny, the Russian chief opposition leader, and Ukrainians as natural allies in the fight against Vladimir Putin. But opposition doesn't always equal opposition.
The longer the war drags on, the clearer it becomes to the world: Russia can no longer win, writes Alexander Temerko. Alexander Temerko is a Ukrainian-British businessman, and former junior minister of defence of the Russian Federation in the Yeltsin government. Just …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has undoubtedly made a huge mistake by launching a brutal and unprovoked war against Ukraine. However, his personal rating in Russia remains high, which doesn’t augur for a major policy shift anytime soon.
On the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, China published a 12-point peace plan for the conflict, with a flurry of bilateral visits anticipated. But can China help end the war in Ukraine? What should we realistically expect?
