Russia
John Lloyd / January 20, 1998
Russia is no longer an empire but not yet a "civic" nation - into this vacuum have stepped institutionalised corruption and criminality. John Lloyd traces the roots of the problem to Russia's Soviet...
Liam Halligan / November 20, 1997
Liam Halligan, in Moscow for the city's 850th celebrations, wonders about the bad news from Russia
prospect / August 20, 1997
Enlargement of the EU to the east is economically feasible, with sufficient flexibility in the west. But it is geopolitically risky. The historic fault line in Europe is between Germany and Russia,...
Douglas Hurd / August 20, 1997
There is a new optimism about Russia. Douglas Hurd, who here recalls his meetings with Gorbachev and Yeltsin, says it is justified. Even the prospect of a populist president should not alarm the west
Sally Laird / July 20, 1997
Some of the greatest literature of the Soviet era is only now becoming available in fine English translations. Sally Laird finds similar themes reverberating in new Russian writing
Rodric Braithwaite / June 20, 1997
The expansion of Nato will serve no clear defensive purpose and is likely to strengthen reactionary forces in Russia. Rodric Braithwaite, former British ambassador in Moscow, argues that...
Edward Skidelsky / February 20, 1997
Edward Skidelsky shuttles between two contending realities in the new Russia
PJ O'Rourke / January 20, 1997
Are leftists crazy or are they charlatans? After wading through 769 pages of Mikhail Gorbachev's humourless memoirs, PJ O'Rourke thinks he has the answer
John Maddox / December 20, 1996
John Maddox considers how the Wellcome Trust can save Russian science
Rachel Polonsky / December 20, 1996
Russia's elite used to be educated in France and Germany. Now its children eat custard in the private schools of England. Rachel Polonsky asks whether this will make any difference to the course of...