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Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy have written a psychological portrait of Russia’s president
Between 2000 and 2007 a German neo-Nazi terror cell is alleged to have killed nine immigrants and a policewoman. What does the case reveal about the rise of the far right in the former GDR?
In Germany and beyond, the reunification of Europe’s most powerful nation continues to divide opinion
Zoos offer sanctuary to threatened species and inspiration to their human visitors – but at what cost?
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If business is endlessly frustrating and politics endlessly rewarding, the career choice is obvious
No other system, from Fabian socialism to Soviet-style communism, has met its people’s needs, writes Alan Greenspan
A model East German citizen is cast adrift
Péter Nádas’s vast, fragmented, sex-fuelled novel explores the traumas of Hungary’s dark decades
Pinning down Angel Merkel is tricky, writes Quentin Peel
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