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In Moscow earlier this month I visited Russia’s new Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces. I think it may become the defining building of the Putin era. Here’s my piece,

What a remarkable city Tomsk is architecturally. I’d read a bit about all the 19th century wooden buildings but hadnt realised just how many of them there are... gems on

The posters and slogans at the protests in Belarus have come a long way in the past two weeks. Here’s a thread with some of the best from today’s huge

THREAD: Here's a list of some of the Chechens who have been assassinated outside Chechnya/Russia in recent years, starting with Mamikhan Umarov who was shot dead in Vienna on Saturday.

Brexit travel update: All EU nationals can enter Hungary with no restrictions at all for tourism, business, whatever.UK nationals, even if they live, work and pay tax in Hungary and

Budapest-Warsaw in times of Covid: usually a one-hour flight or overnight train. With Polish airports closed and Cz/Slovak closed for transit it was a longer trip... I started at Budapest

"Hitler's alligator" has died in Moscow zoo. He was 84!Rus TV says Saturn born in US in 1936, moved to Berlin zoo but escaped in bombing raids. In 1946 British