Leonid Bershidsky

After the mess in Ukraine, is Vladimir Putin of any use to Russia?

Putin's claim to power has evolved over his nearly 22 years atop the Kremlin

Putin's Ukraine war has created a food crisis the world can still solve

The invasion has certainly delivered a series of shocks to global commodity markets that have threatened the food security of the most vulnerable countries, especially African ones

Amid Ukraine's invasion, Putin prepares to declare himself a conqueror

More than three months into the so-called "special military operation," the Kremlin has made no official announcement about how it sees the future of the territories it has grabbed

Europe has a China problem too, but the last thing it wants is a trade war

In the German industrial lobby's view, China's policy of creating national champions in key industries isn't an inefficiency of Chinese central planning

Why terrorists keep succeeding in France

Leonid Bershidsky: Big data is still only a little helpful

The noisy, imprecise data collected by internet giants clearly contain a lot of jewels if one knows how to sift for them. Yet it's not easy to see how the sifting can be much more useful than traditio

Icahn was half right about Apple's risk in China

Leonid Bershidsky: The EU proves it's here to stay

The year 2015 may have been the year that the European Union pulled through the worst of its troubles

Leonid Bershidsky: OPEC fights to stay relevant

The oil cartel's decision to raise its output ceiling is aimed at augmenting market share, while simultaneously taking on American shale oil companies and undermining Russia in European markets

Leonid Bershidsky: Volkswagen scandal will speed up diesel's demise

With testing likely to become more rigorous in the US and Europe, carmakers will have two options: ensure the emissions performance of all new diesel cars is irreproachable or shift production towards

Can the Swiss make a smarter watch than Apple?

Obama helps apple pickers, not Apple coders

Why oil prices may climb up again

Innovative Samsung isn't 'same soon' anymore

Samsung is trying things that its competitors haven't had the chutzpah to attempt. It has partnered Oculus, one of Facebook's hottest acquisitions, to produce a virtual reality headset powered by a sm

Why I trashed the Facebook app (and you should too)

The time users spend with the Facebook app is stagnating or slowly diminishing

Another Apple alibi sours

In 2013, Apple's share of new smartphones shipped - 17.6% in the final quarter of that year - was dwarfed by the combined heft of all the Android makers with 78.1%

Why Adidas beat Nike at the World Cup

In the global sportswear market, Nike Inc is No. 1 with a 17 per cent share. Adidas AG is second with 12 per cent

Nadella breaks Microsoft out of Windows

Windows revenue won't disappear, if only because corporate clients have already invested in the operating system and aren't going to drop it in the foreseeable future