THE LITVINENKO INQUIRY VERDICT COULD REIGNITE THE COLD WAR

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/alexander-litvinenko-inquiry-verdict-could-reignite-the-cold-war

The murder of Alexander Litvinenko damaged already strained Anglo-Russian relations. In our December 2015 issue, before a High Court ruling on the 2006 killing found that Vladimir Putin "probably" approved his killing, GQ examined the roles of Vladimir Putin, MI6 and the mafia in an act of nuclear terrorism with consequences that reach far beyond the streets of London

My Italian TV Hell

http://hicsuntleones.blogspot.co.uk/2004/12/my-italian-tv-hell.html

Exit, pursued by a bear

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/exit-pursued-by-a-bear-how-do-you-approach-shakespeares-famous-stage-direction

Background Music for the Oldest Profession

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/2001/2/article/background-music-for-the-oldest-profession/254947.html

57 Amazing facts about Russia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/russia/11668414/Amazing-facts-about-Russia.html

The Economist (2006) Russia Heading Towards Fascism

http://www.economist.com/node/8031597

History also offers a term to describe the direction in which Russia sometimes seems to be heading: a word that captures the paranoia and self-confidence, lawlessness and authoritarianism, populism and intolerance, and economic and political nationalism that now characterise Mr Putin's administration. It is an over-used word, and a controversial one, especially in Russia. It is not there yet, but Russia sometimes seems to be heading towards fascism.

Vladimir Putin's formative German years ~ BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32066222

Anyone who wants to understand Vladimir Putin today needs to know the story of what happened to him on a dramatic night in East Germany a quarter of a century ago.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/putin-gay-biography_n_4385360.html