By Thomas LoweThe panel painted a largely sombre picture of present-day Russia, overshadowed by a resurgent FSB secret service and their close allies, the oligarchs. Author of Mafia State and Guardian correspondent Luke Harding began by explaining what it is like to......more
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Inside Unreported World
By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi The filmmakers, from Channel 4’s acclaimed foreign affairs series Unreported World, spent two weeks secretly documenting President Bashar al-Assad’s violent crack down on opposition to his regime. Before turning off the camera, reporter Ramita Navai quietly explains that......more
David E. Hoffman: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race
By Camilla GroomWith detailed insider knowledge David E Hoffman told the story of how the president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and the US president Ronald Reagan prevented the escalation of the Cold War into a full-blown conflict. As a......more
From the archive: Russia and terrorism
Following yesterday's terrorist attack in Moscow's airport, this First Wednesday discussion provides a thorough analysis of Russia and terrorism in the wake of last year's attacks on the city's Metro. The panel were: Irina Demchenko, UK bureau chief......more
Russia's secret services: power gone out of control
By Sara Elizabeth Williams A dark picture of Russian democracy emerged at the Frontline Club last night as Susan Richards spoke with journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about power, accountability and Russia’s secret services. Soldatov and Borogan, co-founders of......more
First Wednesday: Exporting Russia's radical Islam to the West
By Heather Christie Is Russia's radical Muslim movement related to the global jihad movement? Or are the targeted attacks executed in Russia fundamentally different from those that take place in the West? That tricky question was debated at April's First......more
Russia and the West: united against terrorism?
The 5 April terrorist attack in the Republic of Ingushetia was the fifth to shake Russia in the past week.In response to the first bomb blasts in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told authorities to......more
First Wednesday: Is there a common enemy?
By Julie TomlinWe've started putting together April's First Wednesday event: After the bomb blasts in Moscow on 29 March and in Dagestan two days later, we will be talking about Russia and its response to the recent terrorist attacks. We......more
Russian suicide attacks: Where does this leave the War on Terror?
By Ewan PalmerHow serious is the threat from terrorism to the modern world?The suicide bombings in Moscow and Dagestan this week altogether killed 51 and, despite the likely localised inspiration for the attacks, fears of more violence elsewhere in Europe......more
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