The Kremlin's efforts to make Russians switch from WhatsApp and Telegram to the state-backed Max have had little impact on Russians' behavior.

The Leonid Volkov controversy shows that Russia's opposition has too much in common with the regime they hope to replace.

Parents teach their children that being rude has consequences. Leonid Volkov's words could land him and the Russian opposition in trouble.

Some countries choose to avoid the problem, while others face it head on. But Moscow denies that it is preying on desperate foreigners altogether.

Russians perceive inflation as being twice as high as Rosstat's official figures. But people in countries overestimate inflation to a similar degree.

Russia's hubris lead to its failure to capture Ukraine in a short war. Kyiv's allies need to believe that Russia's mythologized army can be defeated.

You never expect your country to become a terrorist state or to have to watch your father's funeral from exile. But the price of silence is too high.

I voted for Putin in 2000 (like an idiot) and went on holiday instead of protesting. Perhaps nothing can be done now, but that doesn't excuse me.

Russia has lost a friend on the United States' doorstep. But the Kremlin will likely try to sabotage a U.S.-orchestrated transition of power.

Whoever succeeds Trump will struggle to undo the damage dealt to Washington's alliances and the advantages he has granted Russia.

Defeatist about social change but largely content with their material situation, expecting young Russians change the system is futile.

Russia is used to being the dominant player in the region. While it remains an important economic partner, political trends tell a different story.

Most of Russia’s successful liberal reforms have actually come from an autocratic state trying to reform itself rather than from popular uprisings.

The question is not whether the parallels with the late Soviet era are real, but whether the story will end the same way that it did for the U.S.S.R.

Forget geopolitics. Russia is furious about a pop star who lost her apartment.

A series combining military propaganda with jokes upset Russians who felt it made fun of their dead family members.

Releasing political prisoners is important but merely addresses the symptoms instead of the root cause of the autocratic regime.

Ending payments to locals displaced by Ukraine's incursion into their home region speaks volumes about how little they matter to Moscow.