The Latest Breaking News from Boris Yeltsin

In The Wizard of the Kremlin, Jude Law plays Russia’s president as a cool, reluctant leader, a strategist who got the job because he was young, athletic and a spy. This is a creation far removed from the man himself

The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

‘Upbeat’ address was delivered exactly 25 years since the Russian president took over from predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

COMMENT: Crisis has aided the Russian strongman’s regime stability far more than any index of economic success, writes Mark Almond

No one who watched Alexei Navalny’s meteoric trajectory, from civic activist to opposition leader to the world’s most famous political prisoner, could avoid the question: how will this extraordinary saga end? Was Navalny destined to become Russia’s Nelson Mandela, a redemptive leader who guided his people from oppression to the…

How the action unfolded on day two as ParalympicsGB won four gold medals, three silver and two bronze

The former president has persisted with his signature dance move at campaign rallies – what does it all mean?

Academic who played a major role in highlighting the repression of dissidents in the Soviet Union and in the founding of Index on Censorship

Historically, crises have often erupted in late summer, which is why this week’s mini crash set alarms ringing