In this episode: the majority of British Muslims oppose violence against people who publish images depicting the Prophet Muhammad, a poll for the BBC...

New Greek government agrees reform plan with EU; airports need insignia; Memorial’s archive films Gulag, People and Destinies on youtube; translator...

In this episode: Russian authorities plan to charge Internet users a small annual fee to support the copyright owners of the content on the Net. Will...

Attack on Euromaidan march in Kharkiv kills 3; cattle can do what they like in a vegetarian country; the history of Norwegians in the Russian north;...

In this episode: David Cameron has ordered MI5 to "crack down" on Russian spies operating in the UK. Their numbers are estimated to run into dozens....

In this episode: One year after the stand-off on Maidan in Kiev turned violent we look at the current state of affairs in Ukraine and ask whether...

House of Lords Committee: UK and EU “badly misread” Russia
Why did the North Korean leader change his image?
Culture Talk: “The Last Empire” book...

Anniversary of Maidan kilings;
Rules of polite society;
Differences between East and West Germans;
Presents to political leaders

In this episode: the comments from Defence Secretary Michael Fallon are an indication of a fundamental shift in the NATO perception of the crisis in...

Sergei Nikitin on Amnesty International and prisoners of war in Ukraine conflict; pleasures of screen and stage stars; Karine Baldry on Russian...