The Irish Times

The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin

Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 15:50

Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov cited for their fight for freedom of expression

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 16:41

The Irish Times view on the Navalny poisoning: Putin’s Moscow has form

Case against Putin’s agents yet to be proven but Moscow has hard questions to answer

Mon Aug 24 2020 - 01:00

Prague names square and promenade after murdered Kremlin critics

Boris Nemtsov and Anna Politkovskaya ‘deserve to be remembered’, says city mayor

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 18:16

Prague set to honour murdered Russian opposition leader

Mayor plans to rename square outside city’s Russian embassy after Kremlin critic

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 18:03

Pussy Riot activist ‘doing better’ in Berlin after suspected poisoning

Pytor Verzilov airlifted from Moscow after losing sight, hearing and ability to walk

Sun Sept 16 2018 - 16:16

Chechen leader orders crackdown on human rights groups

Ramzan Kadyrov claims western-backed groups are disrupting peace in Chechnya

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 19:55

Boris Nemtsov murder provides tough test for Vladimir Putin

Wild-card Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov becoming an increasing liability

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00

Gas supply is a major factor in conflict between Russia and EU

A single energy market for Europe is still decades away

Thu Mar 05 2015 - 01:01

Conspiracy theories abound as Russia mourns Boris Nemtsov

Vladimir Putin pledges investigation and says killing a ‘provocation’

Mon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00

Five get long jail terms over murder of top Russian journalist

Trial fails to reveal mastermind in killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 14:06

Brave and tireless fighter for human rights in Russia

Andrei Mironov: March 31st, 1954 - May 24th, 2014

Sat May 31 2014 - 02:00

Fear is foundation of brave new Grozny

Few openly criticise local leader Ramzan Kadyrov but many harbour hopes of revenge for the 1990s Chechen conflict

Mon Sept 09 2013 - 07:54

Russian security’s role in school siege still unclear nine years on

The sadness of 334 deaths lingers but cover-ups still obscure the truth

Fri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00

Politkovskaya murder suspect shot in leg on Moscow street

Chechen on trial with four others for killing of renowned critic of Russian government

Fri Aug 16 2013 - 15:58