In this episode: in the State of the Union address Barack Obama declared that America had supported Ukraine throughout its battle with pro-Russia...

Military analyst Igor Sutyagin interprets Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Inherited traits in the Tolstoy family, Scientist Eugenia Bragina on how the...

Alexei Manvelyan on Gyumri residents after Russian soldier massacred family; Russian patriotism and Leo Tolstoy; Zygmunt Dzieciolowski remembers...

In this episode: political earthquakes could be in store for Europe in 2015, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the BBC's...

Stories:
Donetsk Philharmonic art under fire and Ukrainian help for refugees, Yuri Remizov & Sergey Kosyak; Child prodigies – hope for the future,...

In this episode: Oxfam's research shows that the share of the world's wealth owned by the richest 1% increased from 44% in 2009 to 48% last year....

China sends 700 combat troops to South Sudan;
French are too anxious to sleep or to shop;
Cultural review of the week with Alik Kan.

In this episode: as the world is still discussing the attack on "Charlie Hebdo" magazine, we ask our guests whether there's a line which separates...

Ukraine mourns after a brutal attack on a passenger bus
Adolf Hitler's childhood home may be seized
Google's app instantly translates any text using...

In this episode: an article in today's FT suggests that the Balkans, and not Baltic states, can become Europe's soft spot in its stand-off with...