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Shaun Walker

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Shaun Walker is a special correspondent for the Guardian. He covers eastern Europe, the war in Ukraine and intelligence matters. He is the author of The Illegals, about Russia's deep-cover spies

September 2026

  • Rita Flores posing in front of St Basil's Cathedral

    Today in Focus
    The Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer – podcast

    Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps. Then another was found to be spying for the Kremlin. Shaun Walker reports
    Podcast31:20
  • Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, and US President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony on Tuesday

    Europe live with Jakub Krupa
    US to build new military bases in Greenland as deal seeks to end tensions between Nato allies - as it happened

    Agreement signed at the UN general assembly in New York

    • The Audio Long Read
      A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he? – podcast

      Podcast51:37

    • European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against Nato

    • ‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists

August 2026

  • Image of Igor Rogov in front of an oil pipeline. Images of a unnamed silhouette and Polish police arresting a suspect.

    The long read
    A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he?

    The long read: When exiled Russian opposition campaigner Igor Rogov was accused of working for the Kremlin, his friends were shocked. Could this young activist have really been an undercover agent?

July 2026

  • An elderly woman in a blue dress walks past firefighters working at destroyed houses with collapsed roofs in Ukraine

    This Is Europe
    As Russia’s assault continues, Ukraine’s politics shift and an old alliance begins to fray

    Newsletter
  • A crowd of demonstrators, two of whom are carrying a large, homemade banner with 'WOŁYŃ' written on it in stark red capital letters. Further red streaks on the banner resemble blood or flames

    Polish-Ukrainian solidarity over Russian threat undermined by bitter historical dispute

  • Donald Trump at Nato meeting in Ankara

    Today in Focus
    Trump on rampage at Nato summit: what does it mean for Ukraine? – The Latest

    Podcast10:36
  • Donald Trump is in combative mood as Nato leaders meet for a two-day summit in Ankara. There are divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, defence spending, and the US-Israel war in Iran with signs of the fragile ceasefire collapsing. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker

    Today in Focus: The Latest
    Trump on rampage at Nato summit: what does it mean for Ukraine? – The Latest

    Video9:30

  • Europe live with Jakub Krupa
    Zelenskyy calls for ‘strong decisions’ at Nato summit as Russia kills 21 in overnight strikes on Kyiv – as it happened

  • Ukraine hopes to sign ‘drone deals’ with seven Nato countries by end of year

  • America at 250
    For allies and adversaries alike, America at 250 is a solid global citizen gone rogue

  • Europe live
    Death toll rises to 21 with more than 80 injured in huge Russian attack on Kyiv –as it happened

  • At least 27 dead as Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv

June 2026

  • Composite of Putin's face, a Russian flag and Nato troops

    All quiet on the eastern flank? Nato leaders fear they can no longer rely on US help if Russia attacks

    Trump administration’s rhetoric has created so much uncertainty that Poland and Baltic states have fresh doubts as alliance prepares to meet next month

May 2026

  • Vladimir Putin stands among military personnel holding rifles with white caps

    The Sunday read
    ‘There is profound disappointment in him’: mood in Russia turns against Putin

  • Petr Pavel giving a speech in front of a large Czech flag

    Czech president urges Nato to ‘show its teeth’ over Russia’s provocations

  • Two men take photos of a piece of metal in a field

    Russian jamming blamed after Nato jet downs Ukrainian drone over Estonia

  • Poland's former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro has confirmed he has fled from Hungary to the United States

    Poland says it expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from Hungary

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