These yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them destroying our seas?Who knew? Apparently everyone did, apart from me: you don’t wear shoes on a superyacht....
Read MoreRussian meddling probably didn’t affect the referendum result – but the Kremlin’s motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matterRussian territorial aggression against Ukraine didn’t feature much in the Brexit referendum...
Read MoreAndy Burnham has started an almighty row by claiming that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. He also says he wants the UK to have closer ties to the EU.The row is one of three major headaches for the prime minister...
Read MoreFormer Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiserThe former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fight against Adolf Hitler...
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messengerEurope’s strategic predicament is ever clearer, and ever darker. The continent is at war, which is being...
Read MoreExiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territoryRoman Dobrokhotov had been content enough for his appearance at a conference in Washington DC...
Read MoreAs Russians vote this weekend, remember that Britain is not immune to the cynical tactics and corrosion of trust that keep him in powerMillions of people will participate in elections in Russia this weekend and a new parliament...
Read MoreMoscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day, but officials say it cannot keep up with its level of casualtiesRussia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have...
Read MoreAndy Burnham is making his first foreign visit as prime minister to Ukraine, marking the country’s independence day. Burnham will use the trip to announce that the UK government will declassify information about missiles to help...
Read MoreEmbassy in London says Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic postRussia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support...
Read MoreAndrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic postRussia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support for Ukraine.Andrey Kelin...
Read MoreRussia has threatened the UK with ‘consequences’ after reports that British drones were used by Ukraine to strike targets on Russia’s mainland for the first time.The Ministry of Defence has rebuffed these threats, saying the UK...
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