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Oct 29, 2023 •

Vladimir Putin's Path To Victory, kind of...

Oct 19, 2023 •

What I am reading this month

Stink of dead badger opens The Secret Hours by Mick Herron, the best spy novel I’ve read since Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. A what-dunnit, a brilliant…

Oct 19, 2023 •

What Is Life Like For Ukrainian Women In Britain? PHOTOGRAPHY BY ZOYA SHU MARIIA CHEPAThanks for reading JohnSweeneyRoars! Subscribe for free to receive…

Oct 9, 2023

November 2022

What Putin Fears

What Putin Fears November: the month of the drowned dog. Ted Hughes’ poem marking the bleakness of the dying year sums hits me when I wake up from a…

Nov 30, 2022 •

October 2022

Putin "highly likely" to use nukes

Putin "highly likely" to use nukes Ukraine’s very success on the frontline is causing people in Kyiv to worry. In the last few days, the city has been…

Oct 1, 2022 •

Dead Tsar Walking: Putin at 70

Dead Tsar Walking: Putin at 70 Dead Tsar Walking: Putin at 70Thanks for reading JohnSweeneyRoars! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my…

Oct 1, 2022 •

September 2022

Bad Days In Bakhmut

Reporting from the frontline of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine

Sep 7, 2022 •

July 2022

Extract from Killer In The Kremlin, out July 21st

Jul 17, 2022 •

The Lebedev File

A free-to-read extract from my book, Killer In The Kremlin, out July 21st, about BorisJohnson, Baron Siberia Evgeny Lebedev and his KGB father who gave…

Jul 14, 2022 •

The war in Ukraine: my latest report

Jul 11, 2022 •

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