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With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus

“Nobody listened to Russia,” Vladimir Putin intoned in 2018, as he unveiled the poisonous fruit of Russia’s military modernisation project: a nuclear-powered cruise missile; a hypersonic glider; and a nuclear warhead atop a drone submarine, designed to flood coastal cities with tsunamis. “Well, listen up now.”

It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of the inclusion of the Memorial Society, the Russian human rights movement, among the recipients of this year’s Nobel peace prize, which also recognised human rights campaigners in Ukraine and Belarus.

As Vladimir Putin's disastrous war in Ukraine stretches into an eighth month, observers are openly speculating about who could replace him if his position becomes untenable.

The Kremlin leader remains as menacing as ever ahead of his birthday on Friday, amid reports that a Russian "nuclear train" is heading towards Ukraine

The world has watched in shock, outrage and disbelief, as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin brazenly invaded his sovereign neighbor Ukraine — in a full-speed-ahead aggression that ended up with Putin cornering himself and entrapping much of the world in the mess he single-handedly created.

Vladimir Putin’s edict announcing the call-up of thousands of reservists for his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine appears to have caused widespread panic and protests among the Russian public. It seems that, for some at least, this executive order has finally brought home not just the gravity but also…

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance