‘My father was sent to Arctic prison’: A 91-year-old Ukrainian on the long shadow of Russian occupation
One woman’s memory of exile and fear under Russian occupation helps explain Ukraine’s enduring resolve to defend its independence
Soviet Union
Killer drones and frontline robots: Ukraine’s new weapons industry
Short of manpower and might, Kviv has devised a machine-based modern war strategy instead
‘The goal is to know our enemy’: why a Ukrainian university now offers Russian studies
Recent evening at PEN Ukraine was dedicated to identity of people from occupied Donetsk
Nuclear Weapons - An International History by David Holloway: Serious treatment of the fundamentally absurd
A salutary warning of the dangers of carelessness and miscalculation in the conduct of international affairs
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Fawning focus on the Artemis II mission reveals a disturbing arrogance
We should leave the moon alone
Two Prosecutors: depicting totalitarianism as a boringly efficient mechanism
Great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa weaves absurd theatre with historical inspirations from Soviet purges of the 1930s
Ukrainian film-maker Sergei Loznitsa: ‘Once you understand the world exists in abstractions you can do whatever you want’
The Ukrainian director of Two Prosecutors, who studied maths and AI, says although a film may be about something tragic, ‘it is still a work of art, and its form has to be harmonious’
A €2 increase in pension sparks rare debate over China’s priorities
Beijing doubles down on ambitious plans built around long‑term strategic power, while delegates question a derisory pension hike
Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization – Accessible history of a new society
Mark B Smith ends on a poignant note and makes a rare confession for a historian
I want my children to be able to stay in this country – that shouldn’t be too much to ask
Is the economic order under which we live even capable of providing us with basic necessities?
We are witnessing a change that may be as dramatic as the end of the Cold War
Donald Trump is rupturing the world order and replacing it with something else but what that may be, we do not yet know
How the West misjudged Russia’s dissidents and helped shape Putin’s rise as Soviet Union fell
Mikhail Zygar’s latest book revisits the figures who defined the USSR’s last years and the turbulent decades that followed
Motherland by Julia Ioffe: The unfairly forgotten women of the Soviet Union
A beautifully crafted tribute to remarkable women and a howl of condemnation at a country that ‘failed them’
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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