What does Putin want?

The 2026 men’s football World Cup will be the biggest ever staged. For the first time, 48 teams will compete, playing more than 100 matches across North America.But the expanded scale comes at a cost. Ticket prices are far higher than at the last World Cup in Qatar. With matches ...  Show more

Chennai, São Paulo, Mexico City, Tehran, Cape Town - these cities have all faced the threat of a ‘Zero Day’, or, having no fresh water left in their taps. The UN says we’re entering a ‘water bankruptcy’ era, meaning our water ‘current accounts’ are running empty, while our ‘savin ...  Show more

Alexei Navalny, the most prominent critic of Russia’s government, has died in a Russian prison, just months after he was placed in a high security cell in a remote Siberian penal colony. His allies, and his wife Yulia Navalnaya, blame President Vladimir Putin and say it was under ...  Show more

Ce week-end, Vladimir Poutine se présente à sa cinquième élection présidentielle en vingt-cinq années de règne.

Depuis son accession au pouvoir en 1999, jamais une élection présidentielle n’a été aussi verrouillée, et les trois rivaux de Vladimir Poutine dans le scr ...  Show more

Hace unos días, el Tribunal Penal Internacional emitió una orden histórica: la de arresto contra Vladímir Putin por el traslado forzoso de miles de niños ucranios a Rusia. Aunque el presidente ruso no irá a la cárcel mientras esté en el poder, eso puede cambiar. De momento Put ...

With Vladimir Putin claiming yet another victory in Russia's recent national elections, we examine his tenure and what the future has in store.

While Putin's election victory was always a certainty, such political exercises involving mass engagement efforts are complex ...