Mansur Mirovalev

Moscow’s tra­di­tion­al al­lies in Cen­tral Asia are qui­et­ly mak­ing moves that are like­ly to up­set the Russ­ian leader.

Rus­sia’s war call-up comes as troops suf­fer bat­tle­field loss­es and amid plans to an­nex more Ukrain­ian ter­ri­to­ry.

Ukraini­ans say Moscow’s lat­est move to de­ploy more troops does not fill them with fear.

Be­fore Feb­ru­ary 24, Putin had reached the peak of his pow­er over the ex-USSR – but then Ukraine hap­pened.

Few­er Ukraini­ans speak Russ­ian and mon­u­ments are be­ing tak­en down, but some warn a ‘lan­guage of ha­tred’ has tak­en over.

Ukraine has man­aged to turn the tide of war, at least for now. What may hap­pen next?

Ukrain­ian an­a­lysts are op­ti­mistic that the new British leader will con­tin­ue the close UK-Ukraine part­ner­ship.

Mansur Mirovalev re­flects on the So­vi­et leader, who has died at 91.

Mikhail Gor­bachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but crit­i­cised by many Rus­sians for over­see­ing end of USSR.

Army SOS, an ac­tivist-led NGO, con­verts An­droid-based tablets into smart units with au­to­mat­ed pre­ci­sion guid­ance.