We’ve inherited a strange cultural hangover from better times: the idea that the thing you do to survive should also double as your identity and source of pride
Watching The Glass Booth we discover the subtle, complex and fascinating interplay of power and trust that mediating language orally involves
Government’s new apartment standards are so low they resemble the old Soviet blocks. And while more units may result, they won’t house more people
The young couple at the centre of this compelling film are quiet idealists given to neither grand pontification nor cinematic heroism
With the Ukraine war, Putin might have backed himself into an economic cul-de-sac
Journalist Edward Luce on his biography of ‘cold war prophet’ Zbigniew Brzezinski, the fearful state of the US today, and ‘Lilliputian’ post-Brexit UK
At a gathering in Co Meath, John Connolly addressed those whose ancestors from the Soviet Union helped defeat Nazi Germany
Unsparing depiction of life under the brutal purges of Josef Stalin’s totalitarian rule
The End, starring Bronagh Gallagher, was shot in Wicklow and seems about as far as you can get from the director’s disturbing documentaries
Dutch journalist Michel Krielaars infuses a bleak subject with verve
Soviet history specialist covers the repatriation and resettlement of millions after second World War
In 1974, ballet star Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He talks about his cloak-and-dagger escape, war in Ukraine and Russian oppression
Making extensive use of archives, the author gives fresh details of what was going on behind the scenes during pivotal moments in 20th-century history
Malevich, Kandinksy, Tatlin, Popova and others threw themselves into the revolution with the commitment of a Lenin or Trotsky
Reviewing works by Diego Marani, François-Marie Luzel, María Bastarós, Sasha Salzmann and Anna Stern
European Union’s approach to an issue such as Gaza has been characterised more by member state division than unity
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
Fintan O’Toole: The centenarian embodies, perhaps more than anyone else, the failure of the United States to learn the moral lessons of the 20th century’s most catastrophic depravities
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the remarks were ‘unacceptable’
‘China has sided with Russia, politically’ says Lithuanian foreign minister
Dan Stone tracks across history and geography to unsettle easy, congratulatory cliches about anti-Semitism. He mines the shameful mass complexity of a humanity that actively permitted the Holocaust to happen
Lisa McGee’s show paid homage to a time when the music was better, the politics were more hopeful and the clothes were, well, different
Legation critical of extremism personified by fascist collaborators during second World War
Critics point to commercial links as one reason for silence on Putin’s war in Ukraine
Shock over Ukraine has seen decades-old Swedish scepticism about Nato melt away
Erdogan has said it is not yet possible for Turkey to back Finnish and Swedish entry to alliance
Villager tells how her husband and adult son were gunned down as they drove to hospital
Victory Day articles accuse Putin of waging ‘bloodiest war of 21st century’
Russian president addresses servicemen on 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany
Commemorative gathering claims to be focused on relatives lost in WWII
G7 leaders to hold call with Zelenskiy in show of unity before Victory Day events in Moscow
Efforts under way to save Ukrainian fighters trapped inside, Zelenskiy says
Newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov is a rare voice speaking out against Putin’s ‘purpose-built, repressive system’
Fresh effort to evacuate Mariupol civilians has begun as EU to amend oil embargo
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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