Wider Europe

How should Europe respond to Russia? The Polish view

The crisis in Ukraine is not about the rights of ethnic Russians, but rather Moscow's desire to destabilise Ukraine and re-establish strategic control of the region

Vladimir Putin, historian-in-chief

Putin continues to blur the lines between historian and political chief, effectively and single-handedly re-writing Russia's collective history. 

The conflict that will not freeze

Continuous military confrontation in Eastern Ukraine has grave implications for Europe as well as for Ukraine