A weekend in Manchester, the city where I spent my schooldays, was a chance to sign copies of 'The Return of Russia', new from @yalebooks.bsky.social, in Waterstones, Deansgate.

After the match, going back along the canal

Spring has arrived on the Thames in west London, and the parakeets are enjoying the new season

Inside London’s Chinese Embassy

China plans to move its British embassy to a controversial new London site. It will carry 150 years of history with it.

🔓 Oliver Yule-Smith’s new Behind the Times is free for 7 days

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The Return of Russia - Yale University Press London An incisive and engaging account of post-Soviet Russia—showing how and why the country has come into confrontation with the West   The escalation ...

Details of the book here on the @yalebooks.bsky.social website
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Author speaking about his book, 'The Return of Russia'

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Chiswick Media Club on April 15 to hear me talk about 'The Return of Russia'. Great questions from the audience; the event expertly chaired by Nanette van der Laan of Channel 4 News.
My next event is Derby Book Festival on May 28. Details of book below.

Tonight--and still some tickets left. If you are in London, please come along.

When Putin Passed The Ball to Trump: New Book Extract The Volgograd Arena, one of the stadia used when Russia hosted the 2018 football World Cup. (Photo by the author, from March 2019.) This latest post is an extract from The Return of Russia about ho…

New on my website
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The Return of Russia James Rodgers, who has reported on Russia for many years for Reuters and the BBC, talks about Putin and Russia's relationship with the West

April 15th, Chiswick, west London. I will be in conversation with Nanette van der Laan about 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social.
Details and tickets below. I will be signing copies afterwards.
All welcome. Please come along if you can.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-return...

‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship The long read: When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to act

Over the last few days I received quite an overwhelming number of e-mails in relation to this piece: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a.... I'll try to answer them all, albeit gradually. The piece is superficially about Russia. But I think it's fundamentally about understanding one's own identity.

Reproductions of late C19 or early C20 Russian Easter postcards

On Orthodox Easter: postcards, reproducing antique pictures, I bought in St Basil's cathedral in Moscow in 1991. The cathedral had been a museum of atheism for part of the Soviet era, which was ending. That the cards were on sale was a sign of Greater official tolerance of religion.

In the year the United States will be one of the hosts of the football World Cup, this extract from 'The Return of Russia' looks at the time Putin passed the ball to Trump. It was published by @yalebooks.bsky.social on the day I was speaking at #BASEES2026. Thanks to everyone who came along

In the year the United States will be one of the hosts of the football World Cup, this extract from 'The Return of Russia' looks at the time Putin passed the ball to Trump. It was published by @yalebooks.bsky.social on the day I was speaking at #BASEES2026. Thanks to everyone who came along

If you are at #BASEES2026 today @jmacrodgers.bsky.social will be discussing The Return of Russia with @stefwolff.bsky.social and Bettina Renz.

4.45pm Muirhead Tower 112: www.myeventflo.com/event-lectur...

How North Korea’s hidden export helps Kim stand tall in Africa As international sanctions shut off legitimate trade, the hermit kingdom has turned its talent for colossal dictator monuments into a lucrative enterprise

Really interesting piece on N Korea to Africa their expertise in building Soviet totalitarian style monuments. Maybe another domestic industry Russia will try to revive...
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Ha! I found my childhood copy of that last year, and have been wondering the same since! I hope someone can answer you

Wednesday 15 April, at the Boston Room in Chiswick, west London, I will be talking about my book 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. It's a political history of Russia and its relations with the West since 1991. All welcome! Details below
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Donald Trump threatens to wipe out Iran - Monocle The US president warned Iran that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” if his demands are not met by the...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social and @tinafordhamgeopol.bsky.social on Trump's latest deadline and the day's other stuff, plus @dvanp.bsky.social on his new history of the DGSE. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

‘The Return of Russia’: live events on my new book, Spring 2026 This latest post is on upcoming events about my new book The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin. In the coming weeks, I will be Birmingham, in Chiswick, west L…

New on my website--details of upcoming live events where I will be talking about 'The Return of Russia', new from @yalebooks.bsky.social
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‘The Return of Russia’: live events on my new book, Spring 2026 This latest post is on upcoming events about my new book The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin. In the coming weeks, I will be Birmingham, in Chiswick, west L…

New on my website--details of upcoming live events where I will be talking about 'The Return of Russia', new from @yalebooks.bsky.social
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-return-o...

I've spoken to Gulf insiders. Trump's lack of a plan terrifies them US allies in the Middle East know that if the President ends this war tomorrow, he will leave a region submerged in chaos, correspondent Matthew Chance tells The i Paper from Qatar

I’ve spoken to Gulf insiders. Trump’s lack of a plan terrifies them trib.al/x4qlq3F

Looking forward to listening to this. I saw Les Liaisons Dangereuses last Saturday, at @nationaltheatre.org.uk. I was really impressed by the show (and, I must admit, by how much I could remember of the book since reading at university about 40 years ago...)

The Return of Russia James Rodgers, who has reported on Russia for many years for Reuters and the BBC, talks about Putin and Russia's relationship with the West

April 15th, Chiswick, west London. I will be in conversation with Nanette van der Laan about 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social.
Details and tickets below. I will be signing copies afterwards.
All welcome. Please come along if you can.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-return...

Russian fuel enters Cuba after another Donald Trump U-turn - Monocle The US president has given Cuba a lifeline, despite wanting the country’s socialist leadership to fall. Then: Volodymyr Zelensky uses...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alionahlivco.bsky.social and @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on Trump's Cuba u-turn and the day's other big stories, plus @feap.bsky.social meets @ianbremmer.com and Alex Kliment to discuss @gzeromedia.com's "Puppet Regime". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

This week I wrote for @theipaper.com on how wars and revolutions during Putin’s 26 years in power have shaped his view of risks to his own rule

Twenty-six years ago today I was in Chechnya, reporting on voting in the first Russian presidential election that confirmed Vladimir Putin in power. Today, I have written for @theipaper.com about how revolutions and regime change in the last quarter century have shaped his view of the world

Twenty-six years ago today I was in Chechnya, reporting on voting in the first Russian presidential election that confirmed Vladimir Putin in power. Today, I have written for @theipaper.com about how revolutions and regime change in the last quarter century have shaped his view of the world

Tomorrow, March 26th, 26 years since Vladimir Putin's first Russian presidential election win, I will be talking about my book 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some (free) places left. Details below. In London? please come along!
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Tomorrow, March 26th, 26 years since Vladimir Putin's first Russian presidential election win, I will be talking about my book 'The Return of Russia' new from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some (free) places left. Details below. In London? please come along!
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...