This Month
Russia not looking for global power clash: Putin
Vladimir Putin now casts the war as part of a holy struggle with the West, which he says has forgotten the role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany.
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn
Russia has begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil, directly and via proxies, officials say.
- Sam Jones, John Paul Rathbone and Richard Milne
- Opinion
- National security
Modi mania comes at a price
Revelations that Indian spies were kicked out of Australia is a reminder of the need to be wary when it comes to dealing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Andrew Tillett
April
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- James Curran
‘No silver bullet’: Ukraine has weapons but still needs the troops
The $94 billion US aid package should stop Russia in its tracks, but it won’t be nearly enough to send Putin packing.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
US to rush weapons to Ukraine as Biden signs aid bill
The Pentagon said it would rush the first $1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, including shoulder-fired Stinger surface-to-air missiles and other air defence munitions.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
On the front line with Ukraine’s youngest commander
Kharkiv’s improbable resistance, led by General Sergei Melnik, faces growing threats from Russia and political stalemate in the US.
- Jack Wright
Russia’s spy network takes a deadly turn
The country’s intelligence services have been put on a war footing and begun operating at a level of aggressiveness reminiscent of the Stalin era.
- Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista
Russia bans Daniel Andrews and 234 other Aussies
The former Victorian premier is one of the most high-profile of the MPs across the political divide who have been banned from Russia.
Havana Syndrome: Inside the mysterious attacks on CIA officers
New evidence points to unexplained health problems possibly caused by energy weapons wielded by Unit 29155 of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
- Roman Dobrokhotov, Christo Grozev and Michael Weiss
Boris Johnson: ‘You can’t make America great again if Ukraine falls to Putin’
The former UK PM urged Republicans in Congress to unite against Russia to maintain America’s status as the world’s pre-eminent superpower.
- Benedict Smith
DFAT mulls move against sanction-busting ASX-listed Russian miner
Foreign affairs officials have not ruled out prosecuting Tigers Realm Coal, which entered a trading halt on Wednesday.
- Elouise Fowler
Russia and China look to deepen security ties
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Beijing and Moscow have agreed to ‘start a dialogue with the involvement of our other like-minded people’.
- Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Israel must listen to its friends, not defy them
Israel has to show that it is better than the terrorists of Hamas. That means being accountable for its own behaviour.
- The AFR View
NATO mulls $165b ‘Trump-proof’ military fund for Ukraine
The proposals would give the Western alliance a more direct role in co-ordinating the supply of arms, ammunition and equipment.
- Updated
- Andrew Gray and John Irish
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Cartel of aggression’ trades on timidity and self-interest
The West has enormous economic leverage over China and Russia. But fear of their own consumers prevents governments from using it.
- Simon Johnson and Oleg Ustenko
ASX hits record; Aussie reportedly killed in Gaza; Austal’s ‘credible buyer’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Putin waiting for Washington to collapse if Trump wins
The Russian leader sees an opportunity to re-establish a sphere of influence in Europe if Donald Trump is re-elected US president.
- Updated
- Gideon Rachman
March
‘Every day is hard’: One year since Russia jailed Evan Gershkovich
Since his arrest, the 32-year-old journalist for the Wall Street Journal has been held in the notorious high-security Lefortovo prison in Moscow.
- Katie Robertson
Putin admits Islamists behind attack, tries to implicate Ukraine
Vladimir Putin repeated his assertion that the assailants had been trying to flee to Ukraine, saying there were “many questions” to be examined.
- Lidia Kelly, Philippa Fletcher and Steve Holland