James Rodgers

An incisive and engaging account of post-Soviet Russia—showing how and why the country has come into confrontation with the West The escalation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered the most violent conflict seen on European soil for decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and thousands killed. As the conflict continues, many in the West are seeking...

The story of Western correspondents in Russia is the story of Russia’s attitude towards the West. Russia has at different times been alternately open to Western ideas and contacts, cautious and distant, or, for much of the twentieth century, all but closed off. From the revolutionary period of the First World War onwards, correspondents in Russia have striven to tell...