The Irish Times

Russia’s oligarchs powerless to oppose Putin over Ukraine invasion

Putin warned anyone avoiding business with firms sanctioned by West would be punished

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 19:15

Interview: ‘An overdose of freedom is lethal to a state,’ says former key Putin adviser

Vladislav Surkov exhausts the cliches as the consummate Kremlin backroom operator

Sun Jun 20 2021 - 17:29

Russian journalist dies after setting herself on fire

Editor of news website said on Facebook to ‘blame the Russian Federation’ for death

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 08:56

The $6bn judgment pitting Nigeria against Irish businessmen

London court hearing will lift the veil on shadowy world of international arbitration

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 09:56

Horror classics to screen at this year’s Cork Film Festival

Programme includes documentary on feisty New Yorker writer Pauline Kael

Mon Nov 04 2019 - 07:22

Kremlin insider set to be elected head of Interpol

Russia decries US opposition to candidacy of Alexander Prokopchuk as ‘election interference’

Tue Nov 20 2018 - 20:19

Pressure builds on Russia to release hunger-striking Ukrainian prisoner

Oleg Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence on terrorism charges thought to have been fabricated

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 05:01

Russian companies sanctioned over Ukraine linked to Ireland

Companies include several close to Kremlin and Russian president Vladimir Putin

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 01:33

Oligarchs and ‘unexplained wealth’: London’s rich Russians

Poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Spkripal has renewed scrutiny of Russian money in London

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 01:00

Major rift among Russian opposition as presidential vote looms

Serving in opposition like ‘swimming in a pool without water’, says Yabloko Party chief

Wed Feb 28 2018 - 01:00

Kremlin accused of thwarting democracy with raids on activists

Open Democracy says police action is motivated by presidential election in March 2018

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 17:30

Independents battle apathy as Moscow votes

More than 90% of city's local council seats are held by a pro-Kremlin party

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 02:00

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attacked with green dye

Assault on rival to Vladimir Putin comes as Kremlin seeks to crack down on activism

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 16:16

Russia rounds up organisers of demonstrations

Opposition leaders call for fresh wave of protests over government corruption

Fri Apr 14 2017 - 17:42

Judge revokes order freezing Mikhail Khodorkovsky assets

Russian Federation ‘disappointed’ at Ireland’s decision to release oligarch’s €100m

Wed Dec 07 2016 - 16:09

How Putin’s foe ended up in Ireland trying to unfreeze €100m

Dissident former billionaire Khodorkovsky says money flowed from oil giant Yukos

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00

Gardaí sought interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Former Russian oligarch had sought assurances that he would not be arrested

Thu Nov 24 2016 - 16:34

Mikhail Khodorkovsky case told of Garda trip to Moscow

Trip part of investigation into possible money-laundering of funds domiciled in Ireland

Thu Nov 24 2016 - 01:01

Irish attitude on Khodorkovsky ‘a national shame’

District Court hearing application by Russian oligarach to unfreeze €100 million

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 14:56

Court hears outline of Russia’s treatment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Ex-Russian oligarch seeks release of €100m frozen in 2011 at the request of gardaí

Tue Nov 22 2016 - 14:21

Ex-Russian oligarch seeks release of €100m frozen in Ireland

Mikhail Khodorkovsky says Ireland only state that acted on his conviction

Mon Nov 21 2016 - 14:10

Ex-Russian oligarch to seek release of €100m frozen by Garda

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed by Putin, says money is linked to share dealings

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00

Dutch court overturns $50bn Yukos award against Russia

Yukos was bankrupted after boss Khodorkovsky fell out with Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Wed Apr 20 2016 - 10:08

Russia names Khodorkovsky as defendant in murder case

Exiled former oil tycoon continues to campaign online for political reform in Russia

Tue Dec 08 2015 - 16:53

Vladimir Putin declares all military deaths state secrets

Decision raises concerns for those who report deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine

Thu May 28 2015 - 20:50

Khodorkovsky film focuses on Putin's bond with Chechen warlord

‘The Family’ looks at Ramzan Kadyrov, his Chechen army and Kremlin links

Wed May 27 2015 - 01:00

Former tycoon exiled in Zurich says tide is turning against Putin

Former Yukos Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky seeking to galvanise faltering opposition to Putin’s 15-year rule

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00

Russia: State to seize shares in oil producer

Court rules against Bashneft over ‘improper privatisation’

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 21:10

Kremlin tightens screws on tycoon who refused to play ball

Vladimir Yevtushenkov, chairman of vast Sistema group, being kept under house arrest

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00

$50bn award levied against Russia

Court of arbitration in The Hague rules major oil company seized illegally

Tue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00

Kasparov warns of endgame in Ukraine

Former world chess champion eager to talk politics on Dublin visit

Sat Mar 29 2014 - 07:36

Ukraine vows to keep every ‘single centimetre’ of land

Khodorkovsky joins EU and US condemnation of Putin’s Crimea incursion

Mon Mar 10 2014 - 01:00

Pro-Russian force seizes another military airport in Crimea

Moscow has been tightening its grip on Ukrainian region despite warnings from the West

Sun Mar 09 2014 - 20:46

EU drops dinner with Putin to show ‘not business as usual’

Relations between Brussels and Moscow have been strained by a tug-of-war over Ukraine

Thu Jan 16 2014 - 15:44