Back to the USSR: Russia and Ukraine

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As border tensions continue to build, our Russia editor looks back to the fall of the Soviet Union to explain why Russia has <a href="https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/why-russia-has-never-accepted-ukrainian-independence?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio ...

Russian forces are having some successes in eastern Ukraine; our defence editor discusses the situation on the ground and what may <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/26/ukraine-needs-support-not-timorous-advice?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_ ...

There is no simplistic split of sentiment about Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. But what most Russians want is a return to normal that now <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/11/28/the-war-in-ukraine-is-straining-russias-economy-and-society?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_ ...

The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and our Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, return to Kyiv to to find out if cracks are beginning to emerge in the iron shield of <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/21/ukraine-faces ...