Ben Hall

Investors have been rattled by political paralysis and parlous public finances

Strike appears to be an elaborately staged attempt to show Russia will outbid the west over Ukraine

Kyiv’s allies consider options on how to guarantee country’s security in any accord brokered by US president

Paralysis in Berlin is a big reason the EU is ill-prepared for Donald Trump’s return

Also in this newsletter: Russian migrant-smuggling ring busted

Salome Zourabichvili urges voters to choose ‘between a European future and a Russian past’

Security guarantees will have to underpin any peace deal where Russia retains control of Ukrainian land

Returning home from the US, Zelenskyy faces Russian advances, an exhausted society and the prospect of winter energy shortages

The FPÖ’s victory suggests it is no longer necessary to detoxify your brand to win

Former US president repeats push for peace talks with Russia