Category: The Economist

Andrei Rublev’s “Holy Trinity” is dragged from museum to monastery

Vladimir Putin wants to blackmail Europe into dropping sanctions

The hard-right Fratelli d’Italia are riding high in the polls

Russia might destroy the city rather than lose it

The CIA and MI6 say 15,000 Russians have died. Estimating such things involves a lot of guesswork

Grain prices fall. But can the deal hold?

Vladimir Putin sends positive signals. But Ukrainians remain sceptical

American ships dock there. A firm with Russian ties wants to buy it

Their energy policy has been a fantasy

He may stay on as a caretaker