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Russia's President Vladimir Putin decorates Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called during a state awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 22, 2025. Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP

Sergei Lavrov: Russia's longest-serving diplomat

Moscow's foreign minister has earned a reputation for being uncompromising and brusque but has also begrudgingly won the respect of many, even foes, for his professionalism

Con Coughlin 25, May 2025
Al Majalla

Black Sea truce inches efforts to end the Ukraine war forward

Steve Witkoff, Trump's personal envoy to the Middle East, says US officials are "bridging the gap between the two sides" and was upbeat that a comprehensive deal could be reached by 20 April

Con Coughlin 26, Mar 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Putin's 'Art of No Deal' in Ukraine

By placing conditions to ending the war, the Russian president seems to be stretching the negotiations to bait Trump into maintaining pressure on Kyiv and weakening Europe

Michael Horowitz 23, Mar 2025
A woman walks outside St. Iveron Convent, which was heavily damaged by artillery and gun fire during battles for the local airport in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled region of Ukraine, on February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Trump and Putin plot a course to a new world

A sudden ditching of US support for Ukraine and a more understanding approach to Russia, has sent shudders through Europe and pricked ears in Beijing. As the war looks set to end, what next?

Samer Elias 07, Mar 2025
Members of Russian and Syrian forces at the Abu Al-Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on August 20, 2018. AFP

How the fall of Assad has been a strategic loss for Russia

Russia's claim of being a steadfast guarantor of security for allies has been dented, which could affect its expansion into Africa and Latin America and strain its ties with Central Asian countries

Samer Elias 14, Dec 2024
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Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the Russian political philosopher explains his country's pivot to the Global South and why nothing will change Moscow's edge on the Ukrainian battlefield

Ahmed Maher 26, Nov 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a festive reception of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. AFP

BRICS Summit: A diplomatic coup for Putin but light on detail

The number and seniority of the participants that showed up in Kazan helped Putin show that the West's attempts to portray Russia as a pariah have largely failed

Omer Onhon 26, Oct 2024
Russia's central banker Elvira Nabiullina holds one of the most important positions in the country and is trusted by Putin. Who is she? Scott Anderson

Putin’s purse-strings: Russian Central Bank governor Elvira Nabiullina

Completely trusted by the Russian president, this conscientious economist has made the job her own after 11 years in the role. Who is she, and who does she really serve?

Nazareth Seferian 18, Aug 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Reuters

Vladimir Putin meets his big brother in Beijing

Russia's leader wants to strengthen his "no-limits" partnership with Xi Jinping

The Economist 15, May 2024
Rescuers inspect a residential building damaged during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy

Putin zeroes in on Ukraine win with Kharkiv offensive

The latest Russian push in northeastern Ukraine reflects Moscow's determination to take advantage of Western dithering and seize the initiative on the battlefield

Con Coughlin 15, May 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
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Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Adrián Astorgano
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Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
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Science & Technology

Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

25 June 2025

Images of rocket trails, explosions, and destruction were broadcast worldwide, but a quieter war in cyberspace was also being waged, and it was no less important

Marco Mossad
Yusra Naim
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Zohran Mamdani: New York City's first Muslim mayor?

27 June 2025

His supporters say his mayoral primary victory could be an inflexion point in American politics that shows the electoral viability of left-wing policies and support for Palestinian rights

Con Coughlin

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