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Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s ‘funeral of the century’ for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei draws regime’s top brass out of hiding
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Geoff Mulgan
A right to free speech should not trump our right to the truth. It is time our laws recognised that
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Giles Whittell
Starmer to host Zelensky talks as west seeks to seize moment
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Andrei Soldatov
Putin’s Russia will not he defeated from without – revolutionary change must come from within
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Observer view
The Observer view: Trump’s war in Iran has made him Putin’s useful idiot
Sun 31 May 2026
Isabel Coles
The Ecuadorian poet hoping to lead the UN – and win over Putin, Xi and Trump
Sun 17 May 2026
Giles Whittell
Target Putin: Ukraine could be grinding out a win
Tue 12 May 2026
Liz Cookman
Ukraine’s teen saboteurs groomed by Russia to target their homeland
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
The autocrats are taking over the world
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Vladimir Putin is the main beneficiary of the Iran war
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
Four years and no end in sight in for Ukraine’s existential struggle
Sun 22 Feb 2026
James Tapper
Deadly frog toxin killed Putin opponent Alexei Navalny in prison
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Matt Russell
Britain slow to act against Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting tankers
Tue 3 Feb 2026
The seized oil tankers
9 mins • S1, E1274
Andrei Soldatov
Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Putin is laughing at Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Wes Streeting has launched a review into ADHD and autism diagnoses
30 mins • S1, E293
Steve Bloomfield
Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Isabel Coles
Europe split over Putin’s frozen assets in race to hand Ukraine financial lifeline
Sat 29 Nov 2025
The US-Russian peace plan for Ukraine
10 mins • S1, E1241
Ivo Daalder
Steve Witkoff’s peace plan is to hand Putin victory
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Alex Preston
Pussy Riot’s guide to Putin’s Russia
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Is Vladimir Putin outsmarting Donald Trump?
35 mins • S1, E280
Catherine Neilan
‘Jail is inevitable’ for politician awaiting bribery sentence
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Stephen Armstrong
Giuliano da Empoli: ‘I’m the scribe of a dying civilisation’
Thu 16 Oct 2025
Nina Kuryata
The Russians are coming – will someone tell Trump?
Thu 18 Sept 2025
The consequences of the Charlie Kirk shooting
32 mins • S1, E267
Kate Maltby
Putin’s fear of death is his weak spot
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Liz Cookman
We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say
Sat 23 Aug 2025
What is Putin’s price for peace?
10 mins • S1, E1174
Andrei Soldatov
Deal or no deal, Russian media touts Putin’s ‘big success’
Wed 20 Aug 2025
The Zelensky - Trump meeting
31 mins • S1, E261
Trump and Putin met in Alaska to discuss the Ukraine war
10 mins • S1, E1171
Giles Whittell
No deal, no peace – Alaska summit proves a ‘win-win’ for Putin
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Philip Collins
Trump: empty-handed because there is still no deal to do
Sun 17 Aug 2025
The Observer view: Alaska debacle was the art of no deal
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Why did Israel target and kill an Al Jazeera journalist?
36 mins • S1, E259
Hugh Tomlinson
Europe left in the cold as Trump plans to offer Putin deal
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Are we in a “Hot Reform Summer”?
34 mins • S1, E257
Hugh Tomlinson
Trump’s relationship with Putin ‘at breaking point’ after Kyiv blitz
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Giles Whittell
The journalists enlisted in Putin’s information war
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Fred Harter
Ukraine looks to Europe for a way of defeating Putin without Trump
Sun 25 May 2025
Steve Bloomfield
In pictures: Putin’s power on parade
Thu 15 May 2025
Catherine Neilan
Russian sabotage squads ramp up attacks to spook the west
Sun 4 May 2025
Chris Riddell
The Chris Riddell cartoon: a ‘special diplomatic operation’
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Is Trump losing patience with Putin?
31 mins • S1, E225
