Russia

The Explainer Protests, resignations and boycotts dominate opening of the ‘Art Olympics’

By The Week UK Published 7 May 26

IN THE SPOTLIGHT An attack by insurgents in Mali has thrown Moscow’s effort to exert regional influence across Africa into dire straits

By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published 5 May 26

Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 29 April 26

The Explainer Both Moscow and Kyiv can point to small victories but the overall picture has barely changed in fifth year of conflict

By The Week UK Last updated 29 April 26

Speed Read President Donald Trump called off diplomatic meetings with his envoys

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 27 April 26

The Explainer On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded

By The Week UK Published 26 April 26

Today's Big Question Much-needed financial support will help bolster Kyiv’s defences as Zelenskyy pushes for direct peace talks with Kremlin

By The Week UK Published 23 April 26

In the Spotlight Radev was the first Bulgarian president to voluntarily step down

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 21 April 26

In the Spotlight Newly elected PM Rumen Radev’s winning message was a ‘cocktail of anti-corruption pledges, Euro-scepticism and pledges to rebuild ties with Moscow’

By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published 21 April 26

In the Spotlight Moscow’s officers accused of extorting their soldiers with threats of torture or deadly front-line postings

By Will Barker, The Week UK Published 7 April 26

In depth Most of us probably won’t realise that we are in a global conflict - at least until it enters ‘the history books as a real event in retrospect’

By The Week UK Last updated 31 March 26

Speed Read ‘If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with that,’ President Donald Trump said

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 30 March 26