Published in The Daily Mail (3rd March, 2014) In front of me, three young Ukrainian soldiers peered out nervously through the bars of the gate at their army […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
War of words over Putin’s aggression – but reality is Russia already controls Crimea
Published in The Mail on Sunday (2nd March, 2014) Ukraine put its armed forces on full alert and braced for an invasion on Saturday night after accusing Russia […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
You have rid us of a cancer – freed Tymoshenko tells huge crowd
Published in The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2014) Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was greeted by thousands of opposition supporters last night as she made a […]
Europe / Politics / Russia
Forget diplomacy: this was the stroppy summit
Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 8th, 2013) Welcome to the stroppy summit. Held in one of Europe’s most spectacular cities, it was designed to discuss the […]
Europe / Russia
A new Russian Revolution?
Published in the Daily Mail (December 27th, 2011) Mikhail had not been on a demonstration before. But on Saturday the 46-year-old property salesman joined tens of thousands of […]