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Published in: Home: OpinionMilitary alliances like NATO won’t solve our greatest security threat
Things may look rosy for NATO today, but climate breakdown, not wars, are the biggest threat to global security
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Published in: Home: OpinionPutin stays in charge, but Prigozhin mutiny highlights US power in Ukraine
The ‘march on Moscow’ threw light on US intelligence involvement in Ukraine, and the leverage it has over the war
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisRussia’s war influencers get their audience with Putin
Frontline reporters on social media are powerful pro-war advocates. But they may be posing a challenge to Putin
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Published in: Home: OpinionWest’s response to Kakhovska Dam destruction highlights anxieties on Ukraine
Muted Western response to the Kakhovska Dam breach reflects growing unease over Ukraine’s thread of far-right politics
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhy Putin is forcing occupied Ukrainians to become Russian citizens
Analysis: Russia’s forced ‘passportisation’ scheme is designed to reduce the number of Ukrainian citizens
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill US support for Ukraine and Putin’s spin at home keep both sides fighting?
Putin’s framing of the Ukraine war as an attack on Russia by the West could make it hard to end the violent stalemate
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMinisters responsible for controversial sanction waivers, new rules say
MP asks ‘what are ministers trying to hide?’, as government refuses to publish original sanctions guidance
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe risk of nuclear war over Ukraine is real. We need diplomacy now
OPINION: The Cold War may be over, but Russia’s nuclear threat is real and dangerous. We must act to avoid a crisis
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Published in: oDR: NewsRussia plans crackdown on men avoiding the draft
A new online system means anyone who receives a military summons will be banned from leaving the country
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Published in: Home: NewsNew UK sanctions rules to halt libel cases following Prigozhin case
The government is tightening its rules after openDemocracy revealed it helped a sanctioned warlord sue a journalist
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Published in: Live discussions: Live discussionWhy do Russians support the war?
One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, surveys demonstrate that over two-thirds of Russians still...
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Published in: Home: NewsPutin’s warlord planned new legal attack on BBC with UK government help
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads the notorious Wagner army, sought to attack the BBC two months before the Ukraine invasion
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Published in: Home: OpinionUkraine war: Does Putin have his eye on the 2024 US presidential election?
OPINION: A pro-Russian president in the White House would shift the outcome of a prolonged war in Putin’s favour
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Published in: Home: OpinionDisquiet from some senior US military may make a chink in Ukraine impasse
OPINION: Some US army officials think the stalemate in Ukraine can be broken only through negotiations. Will they say so?
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Putin commit Russia to a never-ending war in Ukraine?
OPINION: West’s view that Putin is losing the war may overlook his appetite for – and ability to play – a long game
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK government promises ‘confidentiality’ for Putin allies fighting sanctions
Exclusive: Foreign Office has pledged to protect the privacy of those trying to get sanctions removed
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment reviewing its sanctions rules after letting Putin ally sue critic
Ministers are considering giving more political oversight to a process that allowed a warlord to sue a UK journalist
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Published in: Home: InvestigationRevealed: UK government helped sanctioned Putin ally sue British journalist
UK Treasury, then under Rishi Sunak’s control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins
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Published in: Home: OpinionPutin seems to be cornered, but is total victory the best aim for Ukraine?
OPINION: The US may think we’re in the end game in Ukraine, but a negotiated exit from war may be better for all
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Published in: oDR: OpinionHow Putin could yet boost domestic support for the Ukraine war
OPINION: Putin has many problems – not least that support for the war is flagging. But he may have a trump card