 The author is the longest serving foreign correspondent covering Russia. He published his fascinating memoirs in December of 2018. They are full of insights into what has really been going on in Moscow over the past 30 years. RI wrote about it here. He is the author of 12 books, 3 of them about Russia. The Swedish Governments decision that there is still probable cause for Julian Assange to be tried for a sexual offence committed against a sleeping woman nine years ago is a political gift to the British Government. 