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Despite leaders’ claims, nuclear weapons don’t prevent war or make life safer or more peaceful – they put the...

Weapons are astonishingly expensive and Ukrainians won’t surrender. But those aren’t Vladimir Putin’s only problems

From attacks on nuclear power stations to forest fires, the damage risks making the crisis worse. But the UN is...

In Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion

Ukrainian journalist Nadezhda Sukhorukova tells of friends and homes lost during her final desperate days in the...

Ukrainian journalist Nadezhda Sukhorukova escaped the besieged city of Mariupol on 19 March. Her diary describes the...

Any major concessions from Putin would risk not only his vision of a Greater Russia, but his future too

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David Burnside, who runs New Century Media, was given the pass after stepping down as an MP in 2005, but denies...

Volunteers are the backbone of relief efforts for Ukrainians, but they are let down by a government that – until two...

Tory peers are among five House of Lords members with investments of at least £50,000 in BAE Systems

We are critical of militarisation, but we believe pacifism will kill and that Russia’s war crimes have left us with no option

Young people from Moscow, Kyiv, the US and elsewhere tell openDemocracy how they have been affected by the war

Loopholes in UK law allow legal professionals to take dodgy money for their services. Here’s how to stamp the practice out

A phone recording captured details of police brutality against Russian anti-war protesters

Young Ukrainians are slowly making their way to the UK. Will we penalise them on the basis of dodgy assessments, or...

While everything suggests Russia may now be in serious trouble, there are still reasons for caution

I’m an immigrant as well as a researcher, so I know well why the EU’s emergency response scheme isn’t as generous as it looks

Britain has homes that are older, draughtier and harder to heat than anywhere else in western Europe. The poor are...

For those who require insulin or other prescription drugs, the situation is a matter of life and death