Peter Pomerantsev

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Peter Pomerantsev

Vladimir Putin celebrated Palm Sunday by murdering over 30 civilians in Sumy with two missiles laced with shrapnel to maximize mortalities. But it’s not only rocket fire that will endanger Ukrainians over the Easter weekend. Inside the occupied territories, any worshipers outside of the Kremlin-controlled Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate are in danger. Since Russia’s invasion, more than 67 pastors and other faith leaders have been killed by the invaders.

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Peter Pomerantsev

Vladimir Putin celebrated Palm Sunday by murdering over 30 civilians in Sumy with two missiles laced with shrapnel to maximize mortalities. But it’s not only rocket fire that will endanger Ukrainians over the Easter weekend. Inside the occupied territories, any worshipers outside of the Kremlin-controlled Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate are in danger.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Lee Cohen |Alexander Larman |Curtis Yarvin |Peter Pomerantsev

Prince Harry’s clandestine dash to Ukraine this week, trailing last year’s faux royal tours to Colombia and Nigeria, lays bare a brazen hypocrisy. He bangs on about the UK being too perilous for his family, waging legal crusades over security provisions, yet here he is, swanning into war zones and countries with travel warnings, trading on his fading royal luster to clutch at relevance – all while dodging the duties he willingly jettisoned.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Freddy Gray |Curtis Yarvin |Peter Pomerantsev

Two days ago, talk of a 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” was branded “fake news” by the White House. This afternoon, the President has confirmed a 90-day pause on the higher tariff rates on all countries apart from China. “Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately,” the President shared.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ian Williams |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Peter Pomerantsev

China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 percent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 percent so far from Washington, vs 84 percent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars driving straight at each other in a high stakes game of chicken.