Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Lifestyle10 Dec 2024
The doctators: why are so many tyrants medically qualified?
One of the world’s worst dictators, Bashar al-Assad, apparently specialised in the eye as a doctor because he didn’t like the sight of blood
Books29 Mar 2018
The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti - review
This is a gripping history of how the Russian state and criminal gangs became intertwined, says Simon Sebag Montefiore
Books31 Aug 2017
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum - review
A heartbreaking history of hunger, says Simon Sebag Montefiore
Opinion13 Jan 2017
Simon Sebag Montefiore: Today’s new world order has its roots in 1917
This year marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, which has parallels with today’s Putin-Trump power axis
Books27 Oct 2016
Rasputin by Douglas Smith - review
Ra-ra Rasputin, Russia’s greatest love machine. By Simon Sebag Montefiore
Opinion27 Jan 2016
Corbyn’s world view is founded on the Left’s hatred of the West
The Opposition leader’s soft spot for foes of democracy stems from a peculiar socialist form of power worship
Opinion8 Jan 2016
The perpetual drama of Russia and Britain’s historic relationship
Our fascination with War and Peace and suspicion of President Putin are the latest chapters in a very old story
