The Economist • 19th January 2023

The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links

A region built on the Moscow-Berlin axis discovers north-south connections

The Economist • 16th January 2023

Belarusian democracy on trial

A show trial of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya begins in Minsk

The Economist • 16th January 2023

Who is Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s latest commander in Ukraine?

His appointment may temper the influence of the Wagner Group

The Economist • 17th November 2022

A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain

Efforts to increase productivity hold lessons for sceptics, too

The Economist • 26th October 2022

Russia's ruthless new commander in Ukraine

The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast

The Economist • 18th October 2022

Who is the leader of the shadowy Wagner Group

The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast

The Economist • 13th October 2022

Who is Sergey Surovikin, Russia’s new commander in Ukraine?

The ruthless general’s appointment signals an even more aggressive mood in the Kremlin

The Economist • 29th September 2022

Going for a bong: the global trade in church bells

Germany once looted church bells. Now it sends them overseas

The Economist • 29th September 2022

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?

Vladimir Putin’s fixer has finally admitted that he recruits mercenaries

The Economist • 15th September 2022

Poland opens a propaganda-heavy canal

A concrete channel to avoid Russian-controlled waters

The Economist • 21st August 2022

The heirs to Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s best-known journalist

Literary non-fiction is both celebrated and contested in Poland

The Economist • 19th July 2022

Ukraine's farmers struggle with excess grain

The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast

The Economist • 27th June 2022

Where will Ukraine store its grain?

It is hard to export in a war—and there is nowhere to put it

The Economist • 19th June 2022

Nobel prize auction for Ukraine

Dmitry Muratov will sell his 23-karat gold medal to help refugees

The Economist • 8th June 2022

Russia’s invasion is threatening Ukraine’s unique seed bank

The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast

The Economist • 6th June 2022

Is Kaliningrad, Russia’s exclave, an asset or a liability?

It is used to threaten Europe but could be isolated in a war

The Economist • 27th May 2022

Why is Odessa important to both Ukraine and Russia?

Ukraine’s largest port is its strongest link to the world economy

The Economist • 25th May 2022

Ukraine’s agricultural research is threatened by the war

A gene bank in Kharkiv has escaped by the skin of its teeth

The Economist • 20th May 2022

How important are Ukraine’s trains to its war effort?

The rail network matters strategically—and symbolically

The Economist • 16th May 2022

Elvira Nabiullina, Putin’s economic general

Profile of the central banker fighting to keep Russia's sanctions-hit economy afloat