Russia
Ukraine’s slow war of attrition still rumbles on
Towns on Ukraine’s ceasefire line are marking three years since some were retaken by government forces from pro-Russian separatists. But there is little…
Trump is right to be worried about the breakdown in US-Russia relations
Imagine the gale-force political winds that it takes to make Donald Trump do something he doesn’t want to do. Yet…
Donald Trump’s position is looking shakier by the day
Here we go again. NBC News is reporting that Donald Trump Jnr. somehow forgot to mention that a former Soviet…
The Spectator Podcast: Get Boris!
On this week’s episode, we look at the runners and riders in the Tory leadership race, the latest development in the…
There’s still no smoking gun in the Trump-Russia story
Political scandals sometimes throw up deliciously eccentric minor characters. Trump-Russia — a scandal or merely a crisis, according to taste…
The gunsmoke from Donald Trump Junior’s email looks thin at best
Reactions to each development in the Trump-Russia scandal tend to follow the same pattern. At first, journalists express incredulity and…
Trump’s son gives his father’s critics the smoking gun they were looking for
Let there be no doubt: it’s turning into the political equivalent of Defcon 1, the highest level of nuclear alert,…
For all the Trump-Putin hysteria, Russia-US relations are as frosty as ever
What fun the internet is having now that Vladimir Putin has finally met Donald Trump. Social media is teeming with…
Syria used to be Putin’s great asset. Now, it’s a huge liability
For Vladimir Putin, Syria has been the gift that kept on giving. His 2015 military intervention propelled Russia back to…
Our message to Assad: kill a lot more of your people, but nicely. And please spin it out
Let me take this opportunity to join with our Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in commending President Trump’s swift and…
What the papers say: Did Boris bungle his first big test?
Boris Johnson fell flat on his face at yesterday’s G7 summit. Having called for tougher sanctions against Russia to punish…
The G7 proves too weak to hold Putin to account
The G7 has failed to agree on any new sanctions on Russia following the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons…
What the papers say: It’s time to crack down on council fat cats
Theresa May’s £150,000 pay packet is dwarfed by that of many council employees up and down the country. Nearly 600…
The enigma of the Trump-Putin story
Donald Trump’s Washington is a city of many secrets, but no mysteries. So much about the Trump-Putin story remains unknown,…
Russia is a new front for radical Islam
Moscow Russia’s REN TV, which published the first image of a person who planted a bomb on a train in St…
Ten killed in St Petersburg blast
Ten people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion on the St Petersburg metro. The blast happened onboard a…
We should worry more about Putin’s Russia than Muslim fanatics
Last week’s events in London raised a recurrent dilemma for journalists, including me. It is a huge story when a…
How Lenin manipulated the Russian Revolution to his own ends
The centenary of the Russian Revolution has arrived right on time, just as the liberal democratic world is getting a…
The Left’s great Russian conspiracy theory
The chattering classes have officially lost it. On both sides of the Atlantic. Of course they’d been teetering on the…
The Spectator podcast: Sturgeon’s second stab
On this week’s episode we question whether Nicola Sturgeon might be tempted by a second independence referendum, consider the increasingly frosty relations…
What does Putin’s fascination with Eton tell us about him?
How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
Don’t bet on Trump putting a stop to the hounding of British banks
President Donald Trump is demolishing his predecessor’s legacy as fast as he can sign executive orders, but one thing for…
What the papers say: Donald Trump hits back
Donald Trump is dominating the headlines once again after he hit back furiously at reports that Russia had compromising videos…
Can Donald Trump really be a compromised agent of Russian influence?
During the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, American parents found politics to be a painfully embarrassing subject to discuss in front of their…
Trump’s performance will have delighted Putin
After 167 days without a press conference, Donald Trump’s performance in Trump Tower didn’t disappoint. He abused journalists, denounced a…
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