After two days of diplomacy – in Norway’s capital and Russia’s St Petersburg – is the war in Ukraine any closer to ending? “Good and constructive” is how Norway’s prime minister described Tuesday’s talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US…

On Kudrinskaya Square the police cordon has been lifted outside the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant. Investigators have left the scene. On Saturday night it had been surrounded by heavily armed police; a string of ambulances and emergency services vehicles had…