Rodric Braithwaite is a British diplomat and author. From 1988 to 1992, Braithwaite served as British ambassador in Moscow, and is the author of Across the Moscow River: The World Turned Upside Down, Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War and Afgantsy.
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Published in: oDRThe uses and abuses of historyHistory is nowadays not only written by the victors, but by anybody who wants to use history for their own ends.
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Published in: oDRBook review: Samuel Greene, 'Moscow in Movement: Power and Opposition in Putin’s Russia'
Russians pride themselves on their capacity for state-building, but their idea of the state is not one that the West...
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Published in: oDRReview: Serhii Plokhy, 'The Last Empire'
When the Soviet Empire collapsed, Ukraine was the key.
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Published in: oDRBlood and treasureCan an invasion of Afghanistan ever be considered to be a mission accomplished? The British in the 19th century, the...
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Published in: oDRThe Potemkin village is inhabited
The Valdai Conference was held on 16-19 September 2013 at a Potemkin village halfway between Moscow and St...
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Published in: oDRThe dog days of the Soviet Union (3): the plot failsThe 1991 coup attempt completely disintegrates with the tragic deaths of three young men and the continuing...