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Reportage 1. A tale of two cities: Kazakhstan
Visits to Kazakhstan’s capital and its predecessor reveal a discrepancy in investment and shared conundrums: can the country survive with President Putin circling – and is it even a country?
The interview series 2014/15 part 02
Navigating ‘Boat Finland’ through troubled waters and a forthcoming election next April are top of the agenda for the leader of a country increasingly having to keep an eye on noisy neighbour Russia.
Life on the edge
How has Russia's military involvement in Ukraine affected life along the Baltic borders? Monocle tours the Russian-speaking hinterlands of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for lessons in identity and nationhood.
Draw the line
In a year characterised by a chest-beating world leader with land-grabbing tendencies, what lessons can be taken from the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s collapse?
The Interview Series: Vitali Klitschko
From the boxing ring to parliament, Vitali Klitschko has not followed a conventional career path. Ukraine’s opposition politician tells us why he believes you must fight for a better future.
Europe
Challenges for Turkey, a new lease of life for Rotterdam and a rising star of Italian politics.
Defence
As the Arctic becomes ice-free, its value is realised and questions of ownership spur a bigger military presence. But the ‘Arctic Five’ insist any competition will be amicable in this new geopolitical theatre.
Slowly does it
Buying property in the centre of this Russian city will require some patience – but it’s worth it in the end.
Diplomacy
Meet the decidedly unstuffy Panamanian ambassador in London and the US's man in Moscow.
Oblast resort
An isolated chip off the old Russian bloc surrounded by EU nations, Kaliningrad’s future is anyone’s guess. Military outpost or beach resort? With wise investment, its remoteness could work.
