An essential insight into Russia’s relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond Features a new chapter on the year after the 2016 US presidential election, including details of possible collusion and financial ties between Trump and Russia, and an exclusive new interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky about the state of modern Russia. Essential background to understanding the bizarre and shifting relationship between Trump’s America and Putin’s Russia. Why did Vladimir Putin launch his catastrophic invasion of Ukraine in February 2022? And how much are failures of Western policy towards Russia since the end of Communism to blame for the bloodiest war on European soil since 1945? In the original version of this book, critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic when it appeared in 2017, Peter Conradi, Europe Editor of The Sunday Times, analysed the series of mistakes and misunderstandings on both sides since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. This new edition contains 15,000 words of original material that brings the story bang up to date, examining the events leading to the invasion and setting out what the conflict will mean for the future of Europe and the world. ‘A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.’ — Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last Empire