War in Ukraine

The aborted Wagner group ‘mutiny’ grew out of an intensifying intra-elite feud in Russia – and it creates a growing problem for Vladimir Putin

The real cause of Russia’s invasion is the special position that Ukraine occupies in Russia’s post-imperial identity politics

Atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine recall the horrific memories of the Katyn massacre and Soviet denials

Contrary to Putin’s propaganda, Ukraine’s history is long and has echoes amid the war now raging