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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia threatens to sever ties with Bulgaria after diplomatic expulsions

    Moscow’s ambassador warns of possible embassy closure after Sofia sends home 70 diplomats on espionage concerns

    3 hours ago
  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Putin orders transfer of Sakhalin-2 gas project to Russian entity

    Development in which Shell, Mitsubishi and Mitsui are stakeholders is first to be nationalised since Ukraine invasion

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Kirill Rogov
    Putin’s rupture with the west turns Russia towards China

    Beijing is emerging as the chief winner from the unfolding confrontation between Moscow and the democratic world

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Jason Pack
    The west must work with Russia to save the Arctic

    As polar regions grow ever warmer, there are no winners from a failure to co-operate on policy

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Vladimir Potanin
    UK imposes sanctions on Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin

    Chief of mining group Norilsk faces asset freeze and travel ban

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine: free to read
    Tracking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps

    A visual guide to the war

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from June 29: Central bank chiefs call end to era of low rates, US indicates new openness to selling Turkey upgraded F-16s
  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Nato must show it is serious about defending its eastern flank

    Seven-fold expansion of the alliance’s rapid reaction force is a pivotal moment

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Nato
    Nato to increase forces on high alert to 300,000

    Alliance’s chief outlines plan to upgrade defence of Baltics and raise number of troops ready to deploy more than sevenfold

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russian missiles strike Kyiv as G7 leaders meet in Germany

    Aerial onslaught comes as Ukraine receives more western weapons to fight Russian troops in east

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine urges Nato to recognise its central role in European security

    Zelenskyy adviser says alliance should reaffirm partnership as Kyiv continues to fight Russia’s invasion

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Norma Cohen
    Far from the battlefield, Moscow’s generals fight a falling birth rate

    For decades, Russia has been producing too few babies to keep its population stable, let alone build up an army

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Martin Herem
    Nato must show Putin it is serious about defence

    We need a credible military capability that can be rapidly deployed to any alliance member in case of attack

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Can EU unity on Ukraine hold?

    European solidarity with Ukraine has been impressive but can public support last?

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Tony Barber
    Putinism delays a reformist turn in the cycle of Russian history

    A less repressive system will surely emerge one day, but the west’s influence over political change will be limited

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia warns Lithuania of serious consequences over Kaliningrad rail ‘blockade’

    Close confidant of Putin says Moscow’s measures would have ‘serious negative influence’ on Lithuanian population

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Constanze Stelzenmüller
    Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

    For far too long politicians, businesspeople and voters refused to face up to the ominous nature of Putin’s style of rule

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Lithuania
    Russia threatens retaliation against Lithuania following rail ‘blockade’

    Baltic state halts transport via train of Russian goods under EU sanctions to exclave of Kaliningrad

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Gideon Rachman
    Farewell to Russia and to the Sinatra doctrine

    Putin has taken his country back to the imperialism, autocracy and isolation of the Soviet period

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Mikhail Khodorkovsky: ‘Putin has embarked on a route that is going to lead to his demise’

    Russia’s once-richest man, now one of its most prominent dissidents, believes regime change will happen — but only by force

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin claims Russia has weathered sanctions better than Europe

    Remarks contrast with data from western institutions, which estimate blow to EU has been less severe

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Russia’s investment showcase becomes morale-boosting exercise

    This year’s St Petersburg forum is low key as Ukraine war tensions keep western delegates away

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Ivan Krastev
    Putin’s aggressive autocracy reduces Russian soft power to ashes

    The assault on Ukraine is causing a sharp cultural break with the west that may last far into the future

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    OutlookItalian politics
    Italy’s media is being roiled by rows over Russian propaganda

    While talk shows give pro-Putin voices a platform, the Italian parliament is investigating Kremlin-backed disinformation

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Moscow issues sanctions against UK journalists and defence officials

    FT chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman among 49 British citizens barred from visiting Russia

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