Luke Harding
Days after the end of Vladimir Putin’s Sochi Olympics, the borders of Europe are shifting. Or, more accurately,...
Published 02 Mar, 2014 07:08am
ONE day last summer — a short while after Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind the momentous leak...
Published 23 Feb, 2014 08:16am
Ever since Russia won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Putin has made clear that the Games are his pet...
Published 20 Dec, 2013 07:20am
MOSCOW: The lawyer of Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower granted asylum by Russia on Thursday, gave fresh details...
Updated 03 Aug, 2013 07:35am
BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Thirty years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, Argentina’s populist president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has returned to the fray with a blistering
Published 04 Jan, 2013 03:31am
LONDON: Ecuadorean officials said on Thursday that Britain should renounce its ‘threat’ to storm the country's London embassy, and that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could remain inside the building for as long as he wanted — “two centuries” if necessa
Published 25 Aug, 2012 12:25am
KORKANAYA: Syria’s opposition fighters are increasingly using Iraqi-style roadside bombs in their war against Bashar al-Assad, most recently blowing up a large tank convoy travelling to attack rebels inside the city of Aleppo.
Published 02 Aug, 2012 12:18am
IRAN’S president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said on Thursday he would like to come to the London Olympics but would not be attending because Britain had “a problem” with him. His decision to stay
Published 18 May, 2012 10:01pm
FORGET the sacking of Moscow`s mayor or Russia`s chances of beating England to host the 2018 World Cup. Russia`s...
Published 07 Oct, 2010 12:00am
ON Aug 11, 2010, the investigative journalist Vasyl Klymentyev set off from his home in Kharkiv, Ukraine`s second...
Published 10 Sep, 2010 12:00am
TBILISI (Georgia) For more than half a century a forbidding statue of Joseph Stalin loomed over Gori, the Georgian...
Published 27 Jun, 2010 12:00am
IT was early afternoon when the mob surged down an alley of neat rose bushes and halted outside Zarifa`s house. The...
Published 18 Jun, 2010 12:00am
MOSCOW Detectives in Russias far east were on using tanks and helicopters to comb the regions coniferous forests and...
Published 12 Jun, 2010 12:00am
RUSSIA and Poland`s newfound solidarity was under severe strain following claims Russian soldiers stole the credit...
Published 09 Jun, 2010 12:00am
MOSCOW It was the British election`s biggest media bust-up. After the Independent launched an advertising campaign...
Published 17 May, 2010 12:00am
HE has sunk to the bottom of the world`s deepest lake, skied down volcanoes and fished in Siberian rivers. Now,...
Published 01 May, 2010 12:00am
MAGAS (Ingushetia) When the shooting started Adlan Mutsaev and his friends were in the woods picking garlic. They ...
Published 05 Apr, 2010 12:00am
BARACK Obama`s ambitious goal of freeing the world of nuclear weapons won a significant boost on Wednesday night ...
Published 26 Mar, 2010 12:00am
THE Middle East quartet has strongly denounced Israeli moves to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem and urged ...
Published 22 Mar, 2010 12:00am
THE new president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has promised a dramatic improvement in relations with Russia during...
Published 07 Mar, 2010 12:00am
