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Putin, Blair and the deep freeze that won’t thaw
One old FCO Russia hand said to me: “They think we’re fundamentally a declining power living in the past – and that’s what we think of them.”
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With six weeks to go until Russia’s elections, Jonathan Rugman goes behind the scenes with three opposition groups in St Petersburg to explore whether Russia is preparing for its own Arab Spring.
Leaderless groups wanting to sow chaos – that’s what Vladimir Putin thinks of recent protests against his rule in Russia. But an ex-ambassador tells Channel 4 News Russian politics is on the move.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin uses a TV broadcast to reject protesters’ claims that fraud helped his party win recent elections. One historian tells Channel 4 News it’s “business as usual” for the regime.
As more than 30,000 people promise to protest this weekend in Russia after a disputed election result, Robin Cook’s former adviser tells Channel 4 News we are witnessing the start of “serious change”.
As Russian voters cut the ruling party’s parliamentary majority, the Russia Foundation’s David Clark tells Channel 4 News that this could be the beginning of the end for the Vladimir Putin era.
Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has admitted in an interview that the russian prime minister’s apparent discovery of antique pots on a recent diving expedition was a set-up.
Russia’s current prime minister, Vladmir Putin, is all but guaranteed to return to the Kremlin after saying he will run for presidency in the country’s elections next March.
One old FCO Russia hand said to me: “They think we’re fundamentally a declining power living in the past – and that’s what we think of them.”
As Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer describes ‘cloud computing’ as the next wave of innovation, our Technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen explains what it will mean for information security and business.
Last month India’s PM drew condemnation for hugging Vladimir Putin on the day Russia bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
We were joined from Moscow by Nina Khrushcheva – a professor of international relations based in New York.
Ukraine’s military chief says his forces now control around a thousand square kilometres of Russian territory – while in his first official comments on the incursion – President Zelenskyy declared he was drawing up a “humanitarian plan” for the area.
The Kursk region of Russia is no stranger to war. President Zelensky has confirmed for the first time that it is the Ukrainian military advancing there.
At least 14 people have been killed and 43 others were injured after Russian forces struck a supermarket and post office in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka.
Democracy is under attack across the western world – from external powers like Russia, China and Iran, and from inside: the rise of populism, disinformation and organised crime.