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Evan Moffitt
‘Politics camouflaged as art’: Russia returns to the Venice Biennale

Sun 15 Mar 2026

‘Politics camouflaged as art’: Russia returns to the Venice Biennale
Isabel Coles
Zelensky offers to help Gulf states shoot down Iranian drones

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Zelensky offers to help Gulf states shoot down Iranian drones
Francisco Garcia
Prisoner or pariah: A bleak welcome awaits the young Briton who left home to fight Putin’s war

Tue 3 Mar 2026

Prisoner or pariah: A bleak welcome awaits the young Briton who left home to fight Putin’s war
Rogue Brits: Fighting for Putin

39 mins • S1, E349

Rogue Brits: Fighting for Putin
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Russia and Belarus are making an Olympic comeback. So much for the games’ core values

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Russia and Belarus are making an Olympic comeback. So much for the games’ core values
Russia’s war with Ukraine: four years on

10 mins • S1, E1305

Russia’s war with Ukraine: four years on
Zelenskyy accuses Putin of starting World War 3

29 mins • S1, E315

Zelenskyy accuses Putin of starting World War 3
Isabel Coles
Four years and no end in sight in for Ukraine’s existential struggle

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Four years and no end in sight in for Ukraine’s existential struggle
Bernard Gray
A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine

Sun 22 Feb 2026

A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine
Russia is accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny

31 mins • S1, E313

Russia is accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny
James Tapper
Deadly frog toxin killed Putin opponent Alexei Navalny in prison

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Deadly frog toxin killed Putin opponent Alexei Navalny in prison
Ian Thomson
The Soviet Union’s long goodbye

Wed 11 Feb 2026

The Soviet Union’s long goodbye
Liz Cookman
‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the cold’

Mon 9 Feb 2026

‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the cold’
Russia’s shadow war at sea

30 mins • S1, E345

Russia’s shadow war at sea
Matt Russell
Britain slow to act against Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting tankers

Tue 3 Feb 2026

Britain slow to act against Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting tankers
Isabel Coles
‘His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table’

Sat 24 Jan 2026

‘His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table’
Becky Pinnington
Russia’s ghost fleet gliding through Channel despite UK’s pledge to act

Wed 14 Jan 2026

Russia’s ghost fleet gliding through Channel despite UK’s pledge to act
The seized oil tankers

9 mins • S1, E1274

The seized oil tankers
How the US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker

30 mins • S1, E302

How the US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker
Andrei Soldatov
Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine
Camille Corcoran
UK energy company linked to sanctioned oligarch sues Ukraine

Tue 30 Dec 2025

UK energy company linked to sanctioned oligarch sues Ukraine
Michael McFaul
‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’

Tue 30 Dec 2025

‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’
Isabel Coles
Zelensky stays hopeful on plan for peace ahead of Trump talks

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Zelensky stays hopeful on plan for peace ahead of Trump talks
Isabel Coles
Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow
Steve Bloomfield
Putin has failed, says Finland’s leader, but shift in US strategy is a threat to peace

Mon 22 Dec 2025

Putin has failed, says Finland’s leader, but shift in US strategy is a threat to peace
Andrew Rawnsley
Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend
Bernard Gray
Europe is beefing up its armies with military service schemes. Britain is unlikely to follow suit

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Europe is beefing up its armies with military service schemes. Britain is unlikely to follow suit
Netflix - Warner Bros

42 mins • S1, E294

Netflix - Warner Bros
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Putin is laughing at Europe
Steve Bloomfield
Trump crowns himself world king… but kindly lets Russia and China rule their fiefdoms

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Trump crowns himself world king… but kindly lets Russia and China rule their fiefdoms
Isabel Coles
Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks
Deborah Haynes
British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries

Thu 4 Dec 2025

British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries
Francisco Garcia
Ousted president seeking to tear up Bosnia’s delicate peace

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Ousted president seeking to tear up Bosnia’s delicate peace
Catherine Neilan
Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal
Kim Willsher
France falls in line to ask its young to face Russian threat

Sun 30 Nov 2025

France falls in line to ask its young to face Russian threat
Liz Cookman
Loss of chief negotiator could see Zelensky play hardball over peace deal

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Loss of chief negotiator could see Zelensky play hardball over peace deal
Isabel Coles
Europe split over Putin’s frozen assets in race to hand Ukraine financial lifeline

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Europe split over Putin’s frozen assets in race to hand Ukraine financial lifeline
Liz Cookman
A peace deal could be imminent. It may not be a good one

Wed 26 Nov 2025

A peace deal could be imminent. It may not be a good one
The US-Russian peace plan for Ukraine

10 mins • S1, E1241

The US-Russian peace plan for Ukraine

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