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How Putin keeps his power

There is a now heavily criticised mistake in the writing of the history of the Soviet Union by Americans in the mid-20th century. There...

Putin's referendum - President for life?

Last month, Russia voted on whether to approve 206 changes to approximately 60% of its Constitution. These changes included political...

Will there be no end to the reign of Putin?

With his hand on a gold-embossed copy of the Russian constitution, Putin was sworn in for the fourth time in 2018, when he promised to...

Ukraine's Zelensky - Hanging by a thread?

On the 21st April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian and complete political outsider, was swept to power in the Ukrainian...

Putin, power and successors

Vladimir Putin has been in power for over twenty years. Russia is now unimaginable without his shadow silently lurking in the background....

Return of the Russian bear

When Putin first came to power, he inherited a Russia in a state of misery, distress and turmoil. The Communist ideology that had...

Why the delay Prime Minister? – Select Committees and the Russian Election Interference Report

In November 2019, Boris Johnson blocked the publication of a report into alleged Russian interference in UK democratic politics,...

Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot be permitted or normalised

High hopes, weighed down by cautious cynicism, accompanied a December summit which saw Russian president Vladimir Putin meet with his...

Russia and North Korea talks are just a diplomatic spectacle

On the 25th of April, North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un met with Russian President, Vladimir Putin for talks focused on efforts to...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks away from Russia

As the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople signed the Tomos – a document that grants independence within the Orthodox...

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