The Russian opposition leader rang up one of his would-be assassins and got him to confess on tape
By Mark Galeotti
Russians have learnt to be suspicious of bullish official claims
By Mark Galeotti
Putin is trying to mobilize the so-called Great Patriotic War in his drive to assert his country’s greatness
By Mark Galeotti
Putin has no affection for Lukashenko, a man who for years played Russia against the EU
By Mark Galeotti
It is not that Putin necessarily wants to rule until he is 84
By Mark Galeotti
The GRU is not a maverick service
By Mark Galeotti