Russia intended to improve its energy efficiency by 40% of GDP by 2020. How is it doing?
Richard Sakwa’s Frontline Ukraine is both a searing critique of Western policies after the Cold War and a thorough revision of cheerful and monochrome accounts of Ukraine’s latest revolution.
Hailed as a success story for liberal market reforms, Kyrgyzstan in fact provides an example of how the rentier class have become an integral part of the economy, and how democracy has given way to plutocracy.
A Ukrainian journalist has been arrested for publishing a video calling on his fellow citizens to boycott mobilisation. He is being charged with treason and espionage.
The key to understanding Putin is to recognise how he uses information to tell him who we think he is. But what does that tell us?
Стоимость моего холодильника удвоилась, но это не беда. Профессиональные психологи могут объяснить почему меня это не беспокоит: тому, что мы, россияне, видим по телевизору, мы верим как религиозной проповеди. In English
The cost of my fridge has doubled, but it's okay, professional psychologists can explain why I’m not bothered – what we Russians see on TV we believe as gospel. на русском языке
The language of international law has become another battleground between Russia and the West.
As Russian dreams of becoming a ‘great ecological power’ fade, Gazprom, it seems, has been driving climate policy all along.
The market for iPhones in Russia is not looking as healthy as it was before the economy and the rouble took a nosedive.
The battle for eastern Ukraine – part of the territory that makes up ‘Novorossiya' – is a war game with no victors. на русском языке
Битва за восточную Украину – часть которой занимает Новороссия – это военная игра без победителей. in English
