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In 2023, The Moscow Times published a column by the Indigenous rights advocates Pavel Sulyandziga and Dmitry Berezhkov titled “What Does...
Russians deserve to know what their own Central Bank is asking them to opt into. The Russian central bank digital currency (CBDC) began its nationwide...
After bursting into the hotel room in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on October 13, the masked FSB agents quickly pressed the suspect to the floor and handcuffed...
Earlier this month, a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan sentenced Yakov Vorontsov, a former priest who publicly opposed Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Roxana Kiseleva. I’m an activist with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance movement, a journalist, a radical...
More than a century ago, the French writer Anatole France mocked the “majestic equality” of the law, which forbade rich and poor alike from...
More than a century ago, the French writer Anatole France mocked the “majestic equality” of the law, which forbade rich and poor alike from...
That the main events in Russia last week were once again shaped by Ukraine says a great deal about who is really setting the geopolitical agenda....
The death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, at an anti-plague institute in Siberia continues to raise questions about what happened...
President Donald Trump’s announcement on October 9 that the United States would begin importing Russian diesel has roiled transatlantic relations....
Modern disease outbreaks differ from historical ones for reasons that go beyond vaccines, better treatments and improved hygiene. Sure, that all...
On Dec. 8, 2025, I walked out of a courthouse in St. Petersburg after spending almost five months in pre-trial detention. The court gave me a fine...
I recently returned from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where conversations with old Russian friends and newer arrivals in the city who weren’t even of...
This article was adapted from the Threatologist newsletter. Russia is menacing Europe. It is testing reactions and resolve, spreading instability and...
The ruling United Russia party predictably won the parliamentary elections held on Sept. 18-20, receiving 58% of the votes and 349 of the 450 seats in...
The first session of Russia’s State Duma after the 2026 parliamentary elections opened with a 20-second standing ovation for the newly elected...
The first session of Russia’s State Duma after the 2026 parliamentary elections opened with a 20-second standing ovation for the newly elected...
If the mysterious Russian soul is traditionally supposed to be understood by reading imperishable Russian literature, perhaps the best way to...
Two more Western giants have fallen to the Kremlin. The Russian government has placed Switzerland’s Nestlé and France’s Auchan under temporary...
When I was approached to write this article, I was asked to demonstrate the evidence that Russia’s elections were falsified in favour of the ruling...
This article was adapted from a post made by the anonymous Telegram channel t-ya. Because The Moscow Times is an "undesirable" organization...
In the aftermath of Armenia's elections in June, much international media coverage framed the result as a decisive victory for pro-Western forces...
The State Duma elections have taken place and it is already clear that United Russia is on track to win a record number of seats. How did that happen?...
You most likely heard nothing about Russia’s so-called Green Party, which took part in Russia’s 2026 parliamentary elections. Not that its...
Russia’s labor shortage has become common knowledge. Even the Central Bank cites it when it explains why it cannot lower interest rates. Yet another...
It seems like every week brings a new bombshell report of corruption in the Trump administration. This time, however, the donor belonged to a new...
Pavel Syutkin, a longtime Moscow Times columnist and historian of Russian cuisine, was sentenced in Moscow yesterday to six years in prison. His...
Russia's parliamentary elections are days away, and the opposition has finally settled on its voting tactics. Yulia Navalnaya and Maxim Katz have...
If President Vladimir Putin is preparing a radical overhaul of Russia’s wartime economy, he is keeping it very quiet. The country’s captains of...
One of the most pressing questions surrounding the West’s financial support for Ukraine is whether the $300 billion in Russian state assets frozen...
Bukhta Sever, the Arctic oil terminal built for Rosneft’s massive Vostok Oil project, has sent out its first export cargo. Or is about to. The...
On September 3, the European Court of Human Rights adopted a decision that is unprecedented in the history of international justice as a whole: it...
The Manosphere darlings Andrew and Tristan Tate have been a menace on our feeds for years, earning their scandalous reputation over years of hard work...
On July 6 in Zaporozhzhia, a drone with no connection to its original operator determined targets on its own and delivered a lethal payload, killing...
A review of the predictions made by experts from 2022 to 2026 shows, first, that nobody produced an accurate forecast. And second, that the mistakes...
The news that the German special services have opened a special direct line for residents and citizens of Russian, Chinese and Iranian origin fearing...
Every time new trust ratings for President Vladimir Putin are released. Some commentators point out that public support for Putin’s course of...
Russia’s war against Ukraine is entering another dangerous phase with both sides relying heavily on long range strike systems, including Ukraine...
President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the island of Iturup on August 13 was routine in some respects. As with his brief appearances in other Russian...
President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the island of Iturup on August 13 was routine in some respects. As with his brief appearances in other Russian...
Imposter syndrome is a psychological pattern where a person doubts their skills, talents, or whether they deserve their success. How, then, would one...
This article was originally published on the author’s Substack “Sic Transition Gloria.” There’s little reward for being right when few care...
In a recent article for the Moscow Times, the prominent Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin claimed I argued that “the interests of Russia’s...
A reader might be tempted to dismiss this article out of hand. Elections? In Russia? Come on now! Everyone knows that Russia is not a democracy and...
A recent article in The Spectator by the British former diplomat Nigel Gould-Davies raises an important question about the relationship between the...
For more than two weeks, Ukrainian forces have been carrying out near-daily attacks on warehouses operated by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online...
Why would one of Russia's closest allies publicly call on President Vladimir Putin to freeze the war in Ukraine, knowing the message would not be...
Last week, it emerged that the version of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” to be released in Ukrainian cinemas would be three seconds shorter than the...
It has become commonplace to compare the war in Ukraine to World War I, with its desolate blasted landscapes and grinding trench warfare. Beyond the...
Exactly one year ago, Derk Sauer, the founder of The Moscow Times, passed away. His death was untimely and unexpected, the result of an accident. Derk...
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