There is a risk that the Russian president may decide to press the proverbial button, but whether his top brass would go along with it and pass on the necessary orders is another matter.
Mass protests against mobilisation, waves of emigration and a disastrous military campaign in Ukraine make the Russian president’s position very precarious.
Amid fears that a shaky ceasefire with Azerbaijan could collapse at any moment, locals are deciding whether to flee, or stay and fight.
At a testing moment for Russians on the battlefield, cracks are appearing in the Kremlin’s plan to freeze the continent.
A long-awaited counteroffensive has smashed through Russian lines, and shown Putin’s forces can be beaten
She may have inherited her throne, but the Queen was a beacon of hope to those living in autocracies abroad.
Erdoğan’s threats against Greece come just months before voters decide his fate as president.
In the West, the Russian president known as Gorby is lauded for ending the Cold War but at home his reformist policies of perestroika and glasnost are blamed by many for the break-up of the Soviet empire.
Fatal clashes in Baghdad have sparked fears that the West could face yet another foreign policy rout in the Middle East.
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