Putin's Russia
‘House of cards’: Russia’s booming economy could lead to big problems
A spending splurge has boosted Russia’s economy but there are fears it is threatening the country’s financial stability.
- by Anatoly Kurmanaev
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Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.
- The Herald's View
Thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus: monitoring group
Prigozhin registered a “real estate management company” in Belarus last week under the name Concord Management and Consulting in Belarus.
- by Yuras Karmanau
Join Putin’s army: The shadow hanging over Western companies still in Russia
Global giants Nestle and Unilever are under increasing pressure to pull out of Russia, with thousands of their workers at risk of being conscripted into the Ukraine war.
- by Alexa Phillips
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Russia-Ukraine war
Russian sentenced to life over MH17 attack arrested by Kremlin
Igor Girkin was detained by the Kremlin, his wife said, over his criticism of Vladmir Putin’s handling of the war in Ukraine.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
The food weapon: Putin eyes windfall after walking away from deal
Vladimir Putin’s decision has global implications for the food industry and could deliver a much-needed boost to Russia’s dwindling coffers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Exits up in air as Russia takes control of ‘unfriendly’ beer and yoghurt
Moscow has seized control of the Russian subsidiaries of France’s Danone and Denmark’s Carlsberg under a decree by President Vladimir Putin aimed at Western companies.
- by Bloomberg News
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
There was no plan: An alternative theory of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny
The “Telegram mutiny” rapidly galvanised digital support. But like with other movements, its leader struggled to figure out what should come next.
- by Chris Zappone
Opinion
China relations
Paul Keating is wrong. Here’s why NATO matters to Australia and Asia
What happens in the Asia-Pacific matters to Europe, and vice versa. And China knows it.
- by Lavina Lee
Opinion
World politics
How the West was won, and could be lost if it’s not careful
Differences of opinion aren’t the end of democracy; they are its foundation. There is incredible strength in a system that can criticise itself.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
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Choked: Vladimir Putin has a money problem
The crash in the value of the rouble in the past few weeks is symptomatic of a wider issue facing Vladimir Putin.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz