Russian politics
It’s judo, not chess, that’s Putin’s game
These two refreshingly concise books address the same question from different angles: how should we deal with Russia? Mark Galeotti…
The secret of the Bolshoi style will always be safe
In 2013, Pavel Dmitrichenko, disgruntled principal dancer of the Bolshoi, exacted a now infamous revenge on the company’s artistic director,…
Emmanuel Carrère: a poet and psychopath doing his best to further destabilise Ukraine
If Eduard Limonov, the subject of Emmanuel Carrère’s utterly engrossing biographical ‘novel’, hadn’t invented himself, Carrère would have had to…
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‘...but you’ll find we get all sorts here.’
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Your essays are currently with the police.’
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‘They want to divide their time between the United Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom.’
The Gnawing Twenties
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‘I hate this job — you get nothing but death threats.’
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‘... And this one won’t be
banned until 2024.’