Oliver Bullough

Oliver Bullough is a journalist and the author of 'Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back'. and 'Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus'. He was a Reuters Moscow correspondent.

Could Abkhazia be smothered by its new best friend?

Seventeen years after civil war, Abkhazia is finally recovering under Russian protection. But many inside the country are unhappy, fearing association with their big brother will result in another loss of independence.

By Oliver Bullough

/ 16 Apr 2010

Why are Chechens so angry?

Why do Chechen women volunteer to blow themselves and their fellow citizens up on the crowded Moscow metro? The history of Russia’s attempts to quell the Chechens since 1721 explains a lot, suggests Oliver Bullough. Perhaps all they ever wanted from Russia was to be left alone

By Oliver Bullough

/ 2 Apr 2010