Vladimir Putin

Our coverage of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, including his relationships with China and the West, and the war in Ukraine


Finance and economics

How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble

Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years

Culture

Taking on the global brotherhood of despots

How autocrats collaborate, and how they fall

Asia

Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in Moscow

India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine

Europe

The Kremlin is rewriting Wikipedia

A new version of history is taking shape

Middle East and Africa

Meet the victors in Africa’s coup belt

They are militaristic, nationalistic and keen to cut a deal

Culture

A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege

Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues

Europe

Death and destruction in a Russian city

Russians in the border city of Belgorod have become victims too in the war Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine

Leaders

Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous

It is also a wilful misreading of history

By Invitation

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is part of his revolution against the West

He is leading Russia into a new phase of strategic confrontation, says Stephen Covington, a longtime NATO adviser

Asia

Vladimir Putin’s dangerous bromance with Kim Jong Un

Russia’s dictator visits Pyongyang and signs a new strategic pact

Europe

A D-Day commemoration that was not just about beating Hitler 

Biden, Macron and Zelensky vowed to defend Ukraine and democracy

By Invitation

Yuval Noah Harari on how to prevent a new age of imperialism

Non-Western powers have a stake in bringing peace to Ukraine, argues the historian

Europe

In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia

The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces

1843 magazine | Meet the poetry-loving banker who keeps Putin’s war going

How long can Elvira Nabiullina work her magic?

Europe

NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike hard inside Russia

Jens Stoltenberg says the rules on using Western weapons should be eased

By Invitation

Olaf Scholz on why Vladimir Putin’s brutal imperialism will fail

Germany’s chancellor says Europe needs more military muscle

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