By Maxim Trudolyubov
By Maxim Trudolyubov

Opinion 1 day ago

U.S. Politics Caught in a 'Russian Trap'

U.S. Politics Caught in a 'Russian Trap'

Opinion 1 day ago

By Maxim Trudolyubov
By Maxim Trudolyubov

I don’t know whether the Kremlin even has a favorite in the U.S. elections, but I do know what Russia’s ruling politicians love to watch. They love seeing others get ...

By Vladimir Milov
By Vladimir Milov

Business 1 day ago

Privatization by the State: The Strange Case of Bashneft

Privatization by the State: The Strange Case of Bashneft

Business 1 day ago

By Vladimir Milov
By Vladimir Milov

Structurally, the “privatization” of one state company by another would only strengthen state domination in the industry, the exact opposite of what privatization should lead to. Economically, it also makes ...

By Grigor Atanesian
By Grigor Atanesian

Opinion 2 days ago

Armenia Revolts: Forget Social Protest, This Time It’s Serious

Armenia Revolts: Forget Social Protest, This Time It’s Serious

Opinion 2 days ago

By Grigor Atanesian
By Grigor Atanesian

That thousands of Yerevan residents should take to the streets, as they have done every day this past week, is no real surprise. But this summer’s protest is different — ...

By Katerina Sergatskova
By Katerina Sergatskova

Opinion 2 days ago

Has Ukraine Become More Dangerous for Journalists Than Russia?

Has Ukraine Become More Dangerous for Journalists Than Russia?

Opinion 2 days ago

By Katerina Sergatskova
By Katerina Sergatskova

The killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet shocked everyone who knew him. Belarussian by birth, Russian by citizenship, and most recently a resident of Ukraine, Pavel was not afraid of speaking ...

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Moscow 1 week ago

The Word’s Worth: Fussing With Russian

The Word’s Worth: Fussing With Russian

Moscow 1 week ago

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Щепетильный: meticulous. There’s nothing like a Russian word to keep you up at night, force you to pull out a 12-pound thesaurus and a pile of reference books, and leave ...

By Tanya Lokshina
By Tanya Lokshina

Opinion 1 week ago

They Do Exist : Why It's Time to End Secret Detention in Ukraine

They Do Exist : Why It's Time to End Secret Detention in Ukraine

Opinion 1 week ago

By Tanya Lokshina
By Tanya Lokshina

Kostyantyn Beskorovayny spent 15 months jailed secretly by the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU). An active member of the Communist party, he was no supporter of Ukraine’s government- but not a ...

By Yevgeny Slyusarenko
By Yevgeny Slyusarenko

Opinion 1 week ago

Russian Sport in the Dock But Others Will Not Escape Judgment

Russian Sport in the Dock But Others Will Not Escape Judgment

Opinion 1 week ago

By Yevgeny Slyusarenko
By Yevgeny Slyusarenko

The next several days will make sports history. Russian athletics are facing global accusations of the existence of a state-sponsored doping system, and at least some of the charges appear ...

By Fyodor Lukyanov
By Fyodor Lukyanov

Opinion 1 week ago

People With Big Ambitions: What the Turkish Coup Means for Russia

People With Big Ambitions: What the Turkish Coup Means for Russia

Opinion 1 week ago

By Fyodor Lukyanov
By Fyodor Lukyanov

The failed attempt to overthrow Turkish President Recep Erdogan serves as a “super-vote” of confidence for the leader, blotting out his previous failures. He now has carte blanche to do ...

By Vladimir Frolov
By Vladimir Frolov

Opinion 1 week ago

How Terror Attacks Gift Russia Foreign Policy Opportunity

How Terror Attacks Gift Russia Foreign Policy Opportunity

Opinion 1 week ago

By Vladimir Frolov
By Vladimir Frolov

Russia has waged a war on terror at home and abroad. But when Moscow calls for joining forces with the West to combat global terrorism, it inevitably pursues a hidden ...

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Opinion 2 weeks ago

Wrapping It Up: Russian Style

Wrapping It Up: Russian Style

Opinion 2 weeks ago

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

One of the tricky places in Russian is the cognate zone: that place where English and Russian words that sound alike and have the same root hang out and dream ...

By John Lough
By John Lough

Opinion 2 weeks ago

How Russia Helped NATO Rediscover Itself

How Russia Helped NATO Rediscover Itself

Opinion 2 weeks ago

By John Lough
By John Lough

Deepening divisions in the European Union that came to a dramatic head with the Brexit vote have not found their way into NATO. Instead, the Alliance appears to have rediscovered ...

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Opinion 3 weeks ago

What's a Гаврик? Can I Have One? Russian Slang 101

What's a Гаврик? Can I Have One? Russian Slang 101

Opinion 3 weeks ago

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Time for a pop quiz! What is гаврик? a) a nickname for Gavriil; b) a sleeping mat for dogs, a conflation of гав (bark) and коврик (small rug); c) a ...

By Mark Galeotti
By Mark Galeotti

Opinion 3 weeks ago

Russia's Slow Indecisive Purges Mask a Policy Void

Russia's Slow Indecisive Purges Mask a Policy Void

Opinion 3 weeks ago

By Mark Galeotti
By Mark Galeotti

There have been arrests and releases, petty prosecutions and sensible legal revisions. The overall trend in Russia may be toward a tougher line on potential dissent, but the path is ...

By Vladimir Frolov
By Vladimir Frolov

Opinion 3 weeks ago

A Modest Deal: Vladimir Putin’s New Détente

A Modest Deal: Vladimir Putin’s New Détente

Opinion 3 weeks ago

By Vladimir Frolov
By Vladimir Frolov

Moscow has been taking stock of its forceful policies to reassert Russia’s status as a great global power and to roll back the expansion of Western institutions into the former ...

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

Opinion 4 weeks ago

Slipping the Russian Mind

Slipping the Russian Mind

Opinion 4 weeks ago

By Michele A. Berdy
By Michele A. Berdy

You're standing in the entryway of your apartment building, glancing at the utility bills you've just taken out of your mailbox. You see your neighbor step out of the elevator, ...

By Jamison Firestone
By Jamison Firestone

Opinion 4 weeks ago

Distorting the Truth: Behind the Magnitsky Act Film (Op-Ed)

Distorting the Truth: Behind the Magnitsky Act Film (Op-Ed)

Opinion 4 weeks ago

By Jamison Firestone
By Jamison Firestone

The Moscow International film festival on Tuesday screened “The Magnitsky Act — Behind the Scenes.”

By Ole Solvang
By Ole Solvang

Opinion 1 month ago

Russian Cluster Munitions Have Literally Made Syria a Minefield

Russian Cluster Munitions Have Literally Made Syria a Minefield

Opinion 1 month ago

By Ole Solvang
By Ole Solvang

It is a striking sight: Dozens of brightly burning objects light up the night, slowly descending to the ground. It looks like a magnificent display of fireworks, but the burning ...

By Oliver Carroll
By Oliver Carroll

Opinion 1 month ago

The Week Britain Pretended It Was Ukraine (Op-Ed)

The Week Britain Pretended It Was Ukraine (Op-Ed)

Opinion 1 month ago

By Oliver Carroll
By Oliver Carroll

If there is anything the last two years should have taught us, it is that the unthinkable can happen — separatism, disintegration, even wars — and that it can happen ...

By Ben Judah
By Ben Judah

Opinion 1 month ago

The Russian Guide to Brexit (Op-Ed)

The Russian Guide to Brexit (Op-Ed)

Opinion 1 month ago

By Ben Judah
By Ben Judah

The results obtained by British political polling companies are not normally of interest to the great and the good of Washington, Brussels and Moscow.

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