The Illegals by Shaun Walker: The Russian agent who couldn’t get Irish people to shut up, and other spy stories
Shaun Walker’s thrilling account of deep-undercover spies also serves as a potted history of communist Russia
Josef Stalin
One Man in His Time by NM Borodin: Powerful memoir of horror after Russia’s October 1917 revolution
Unsparing depiction of life under the brutal purges of Josef Stalin’s totalitarian rule
‘Fascinating and disturbing’: How our brains and genetics dictate our ideologies - and vice versa
Dr Leor Zmigrod has found differences in the brain structures and functions of people with different ideologies. Could this science be used by malicious agents?
Ukraine vows never to accept Kremlin control of Black Sea peninsula: ‘Most Crimean Tatars would regard it as betrayal’
Activist and politician Nariman Dzhelyal among latest generation of Crimean Tatars to be persecuted by Russia
The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin – Silencing tactics in the Soviet Union
Dutch journalist Michel Krielaars infuses a bleak subject with verve
‘For them, the Soviet past is something to protect’: History a political battleground in Stalin’s homeland
Georgia’s ruling party accused of slide towards Russia and autocracy before Saturday’s pivotal election
‘We are all just waiting for victory.’ Ukrainians learn routines grimly familiar to previous generations
Kremlin evokes crimes of 1940s independence fighters in ‘denazification’ of democratic Ukraine
Eurovision organisers ban Russia from 2022 song contest
European Broadcasting Union says its inclusion would bring event ‘into disrepute’
Putin pledges to repay Russians’ trust after ‘triumphant’ vote
Critics call plebiscite a farce staged to allow leader of 20 years to rule until 2036
Fintan O’Toole: We must not allow coronavirus pandemic to rob us of grief
There is no such thing as mass death – people die one by one and each is unique
Putin plans to enshrine marriage as between man and woman
Russian president proposes constitutional amendments including adding mention of God
Putin’s manoeuvre: a dramatic 72 hours in Russian politics
Lighning series of actions demonstrates president’s control of events after 20 years in power
Dermot Bannon's vision for utopian Ireland, one kitchen extension at a time
Bannon reimagines the lives of two soon-to-be-married sixtysomethings like only he could
Billionaire industrialist and conservative donor David Koch dies
He stepped back from business and politics in 2018, citing medical reasons
Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump mark 75th anniversary of D-Day
US president clarifies comments on Meghan Markle on last day of his state visit to Britain
Cathedral plan protests prompt Putin to call for poll of public opinion
Activists arrested as objectors say building project will deprive Yekaterinburg of space
Political rival of Lukashenko jailed over protest near Minsk
Mikalai Statkevich held amid claims Belarus place of pilgrimage has become politicised
Russia 2018: Thanks Vlad for a World Cup full of contradictions
This World Cup has shown that it’s possible to separate Putin’s Russia from the people living in it
Sochi being left behind by Putin despite World Cup boost
The Black Sea resort - where Stalin owned a villa - is crumbling around the edges
Russian opposition leader Navalny jailed for 30 days
Activist detained for role in organising protests against Vladimir Putin re-election
Putin secures landslide victory in Russian presidential election
Vladimir Putin promises to beef up defences against the West and raise living standards
Rehabilitation of Stalin criticised by Russian presidential candidate
Kseniya Sobchak wants dictator’s body taken from Kremlin and praising him outlawed
Donald Trump unveils his ‘Fake News Awards’ winners
President highlights errors despite anger from some republicans over his treatment of media
Republican senator compares Donald Trump to Stalin
Jeff Flake in blistering attack on president’s attitude to media as party tensions simmer
Russia’s former economy minister jailed for graft
Ulyukaev found guilty of accepting illegal $2m after trial criticised by experts
Russia’s rehousing storm: Moscow moves to demolish homes of 1.6m people
Growing protests in capital over mayor’s programme to resettle over a million people
Politicians move to bury Lenin on centenary of revolution
Russian Communist Party rails against ‘scoundral’ authors of controversial Bill
US-Russia relations face a new age of uncertainty
As during the Reagan era, the Kremlin is unsettled by Trump’s unpredictability
Cheers and fears greet Trump from Baltic to Black Sea
New president’s stance on Russia and US role abroad are key questions for region
Opinion: It makes sense to call time on Good Friday drinking ban
Every year thousands of tourists wander around our cities and towns asking why they cannot go into a pub for a drink
Why Warsaw’s skyline should be a source of national pride for Ireland
Poland prepares for Sunday’s election as Irish business links with the East European state strengthen
Dispute raises fears for one of world’s most unique art museums
Uproar at sacking of director Marinika Babanazarova at Nukus museum, Uzbekistan
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