Russia

The Russia-Iran axis is transforming the nature of Middle East danger

Russia’s siding with Iran will make it harder for peace to be achieved in Lebanon, or for a ceasefire to be achieved on the multiple fronts that Israel is facing

By Seth J. Frantzman

4 min read

Vladimir Putin meets Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of an international forum "Interrelation of times and civilizations - basis of peace and development" October 11 (Getty Images)

Free men: the journalist Evan Gershovich (left) and political scientist Vladimir Kara-Murza

Books

Goodbye to Russia review: ‘the journalists who don’t make old bones’

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich set to be released by Russia in prisoner swap

By Felix Pope

1 min read

Gunmen exchange fire with police in Makhachkala (Photo: Twitter)

Terrorism

Gunmen open fire on synagogue and church in Dagestan, killing 19

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

Mohammed Hijab, Ali Dawah and Zeeshan Ali suggested Israel was behind the Moscow terror attack in their latest YouTube video (photo: YouTube)

Russia

Muslim influencers suggest Israel is to blame for Russia terror attack

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich’s year-long detention in Russia extended three months

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

American-born British financier and political activist Bill Browder poses for pictures in front of 10 Downing street in London, on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia

Bill Browder: ‘With Navalny murdered, I’m now Putin’s enemy number one’

By Paul Cainer

4 min read

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A tale of two dissidents: Alexei Navalny’s moving letters from jail to Natan Sharansky

The Russian opposition leader was inspired to write to the Israeli former refusenik after reading his Soviet prison memoir

By Robert Low

1 min read

February 19, 2024 16:53

Letters from the Gulag: Alexei Navalny, in Moscow in 2019, before his poisoning and final imprisonment (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Polish politician extinguishes menorah during Chanukah ceremony, calling Jews a ‘satanic cult’

The far-right member of the Polish parliament tore an extinguisher from the wall during the event in Warsaw

By Olivia Gittel

1 min read

December 12, 2023 17:31

Polish politician extinguishes menorah during Chanukah ceremony, calling Jews a ‘satanic cult’

From Red Terror to Terrorist State review: Who controls Russia?

A labyrinthine explanation of Russia’s ruthless secret services will serve as a reference work for all those wishing to understand this mysterious country

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

November 10, 2023 10:10