Spark that could ignite a tinderbox
Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2014) This is the long-dreaded moment. It is seven weeks since a strange... Read Full Article
Ukraine
Don’t fall for Putin’s lie
Published by The Guardian (1st April, 2014) Vladimir Putin has won plaudits at home and brushed aside censure abroad with... Read Full Article
Bullets fly as Russian special forces storm Belbek
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2014) Russian armoured vehicles firing heavy machine guns and supported by scores... Read Full Article
Russians storm Ukraine’s main naval base
Published by The Daily Mail (20th March 2014) The Russian flag was flying over Ukraine’s naval headquarters last night after... Read Full Article
Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce
Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested... Read Full Article
Crimea’s referendum was a sham display of democracy
Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2014) Almost before they had cleared up the vodka bottles in Lenin Square, scene... Read Full Article
Exodus on eve of a referendum with only one answer
Published in The Mail on Sunday (16th March, 2014) Sweating in the spring sun, it took Sergei several trips to... Read Full Article
The shock troops sent to terrorise Putin’s opponents
Published in The Daily Mail (15th March, 2014) Stepping out of my hotel yesterday morning, I found a sinister new... Read Full Article
Crimean notebook: ‘They’ll have to break all my bones to make me a Russian citizen’
Published by The Spectator (13th March, 2014) Vladimir Putin still swears that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, so... Read Full Article
Clashes in Crimea as Ukrainian PM vows ‘this is our land’
Published in The Daily Mail (10th March, 2014)* Demonstrators loyal to Ukraine were attacked with whips, baseball bats and clubs... Read Full Article