Rodric Braithwaite

Putin’s version of history is neither original nor uncommon. On the contrary, it is shared by very many Russians

Putin’s Wars by Mark Galeotti and Overreach by Owen Matthews reviewed

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok reviewed

Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-war World by Diana Preston reviewed

The two Russians may not have been much of a joke. But British viewers fell on their lacklustre performance with delight