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I’m in Russia, and have the feeling that someone has turned the absurdity dial right up to the max over the past couple of weeks. I had a similar...
A quiet banking revolution is taking place in Russia. We may lose the right to freely dispose of our own money — at least the money that isn’t...
In late March, the State Duma rushed through a bill introducing penalties for denying the so-called “genocide of the Soviet people.” This happened...
Over the past four years, civilian nuclear energy facilities have increasingly become targets of direct or indirect attacks in armed conflicts. The...
When President Vladimir Putin gathered Russia’s top businessmen in the Kremlin for a wartime whip round on Thursday, there was no ambiguity about...
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has only cemented the views of Russian officials that the Northern Sea Route is the future of global trade — a...
Russian wartime migrants are becoming one of Europe’s favorite bugbears. European policymakers, activists and leaders present them with two...
Even before Donald Trump’s presidency began, he claimed boldly he would end Russia’s war in Ukraine within 24 hours. Yet over one year later,...
News about the deportation of anti-war Russians and deserters from Germany has stirred up concern in the emigre community about their future in a...
Russia's quest for a post-American world is being stress-tested in the Western Hemisphere more than anywhere else. Here, far from Moscow's...
A new Russian law regulating public signage may appear to be a minor administrative change. But in practice, the move will further marginalize...
The pressure on Russia’s finances has grown so acute that even a sustained surge in oil prices driven by turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz will not be...
The war in Iran, and especially the quick decapitation of the country’s leadership structure, has been a swift, remarkable display of American power...
Let’s say you decided to become a writer or musician in Russia in 2026. If you hope that your book or album will be accepted by a publisher or label...
The second Trump administration’s surge of interventionism has sent shockwaves across the globe.To Moscow, watching from the sidelines, this is...
Leonid Brezhnev once said in 1981 that “the economy must be economical.” That sentiment is back in vogue — modesty is becoming fashionable...
American and Israeli strikes on Iran could not have come as a surprise to Russia. The Twelve-Day War and subsequent developments made it clear that a...
The Russian-speaking Academic Science Association, RASA, was proclaimed an "undesirable" organization by the Russian government. To...
When Pavel Talankin answered a social media post looking for volunteers to share how the war changed their lives, he became the reluctant chronicler...
This article was originally published by the International Institue for Strategic Studies. The fifth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has...
Women are now among the thousands of migrants from Central Asia serving in Russia’s military, including on the front lines in Ukraine. The Uzbek...
With United States and Israeli missiles over Iranian skies and much of the Islamic Republic’s leadership already eliminated, the implications of the...
Yaroslav Dronov, the controversial Russian singer who goes by the stagename Shaman, posted a video on social media in which he licks the ice of Lake...
Seventy years ago today, on Feb. 25 1956, then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev took to the podium in Moscow’s Palace of Congresses and spoke for...
On the fourth grim anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, it is impossible to deny the mark the war has left on Ukrainians. In our eyes,...
The author of this article asked to remain anonymous because Russian law criminalizes writing for “undesirable” organizations like The Moscow...
News of the liquidation of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow was long-awaited and sad. But the announcement that it will be replaced with a museum of...
For years, the Kremlin has thundered that the age of the dollar was ending. The greenback was a weapon, we were told — an instrument of pernicious...
It isn't difficult to identify the main beneficiary of the past two and a half decades of the Kremlin regime. The country’s entire economy and...
Pavel Krisevich once handcuffed himself to the fence of the Russian district court and sat dressed as a prisoner trapped in a ball made of barbed...
Russian authorities have launched yet another attack against the free internet throttling Telegram and WhatsApp. YouTube already lies vanquished. ...
At Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø, The American Sunlight Project (ASP) and the Bellona Foundation shared new evidence on how Russia communicates about...