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What the return of the show trial means for Russia

A new book about Boris Nemtsov, a Putin critic, makes you wonder

His defection in the cold war helped MI5 turn the tables on the KGB

Josh Ireland re-examines the assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940, exploring the characters and motivations behind one of…

Gyunduz Mamedov, a lawyer-turned-soldier, fears the West will acquiesce in the Kremlin’s bid to undermine justice

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