Mayor and local politician under police protection after removal of Soviet statue and square renamed after Kremlin critic
The Chinese Communist party’s legendary exploit has been turned into opera on the grandest scale
Political war of words between Moscow and Warsaw breaks out over invitations to event
Belgrade’s grand welcome likely to jar with the west amid tensions between Moscow and EU
Collector of ‘Nazi’ art who frustrated heirs
‘Research shows that employers ignore people who have been out of work for more than six months’
More wealth has allowed the Chinese to become nostalgic
After the disasters of the past year, we asked photographers to look at the people and places putting themselves back together again in 2012
The German artist has explored the theme of material and ideological decay on an increasingly gigantic scale, as this exhibition testifies
The British prime minister’s visit should be seen as two post-imperial powers groping for some sort of modern relationship, says John Lloyd
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