Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested Crimea region voted in a sham referendum that […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Crimea’s referendum was a sham display of democracy
Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2014) Almost before they had cleared up the vodka bottles in Lenin Square, scene of the party to celebrate Crimea’s reunification with […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The shock troops sent to terrorise Putin’s opponents
Published in The Daily Mail (15th March, 2014) Stepping out of my hotel yesterday morning, I found a sinister new force patrolling the streets of Simferopol. These men wore […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Crimean notebook: ‘They’ll have to break all my bones to make me a Russian citizen’
Published by The Spectator (13th March, 2014) Vladimir Putin still swears that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, so their mission is to say as little as […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Inside the lair of ‘The Goblin’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th March, 2014) Shoved to the ground by a Russian stooge, I suffered nothing more than a cut knee. But as protesters […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Tartars in fear of brutal Russians’ return
Published by The Daily Mail (4th March, 2014) At four o’clock in the morning Zodiye Saliyeva’s mother was ordered out of her home at gun point, along with […]