Analysis by Mikhail Zygar, Russian journalist, historian, and "criminal" (if you ask the Kremlin)
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Who Owns Russia Now?
Inside the quiet redistribution of billions under the banner of national security
Since the start of the war, Russian economic policy has been gradually transforming into what can be described as wartime nationalization. This is not a clas...
From Monaco to the Kremlin
Can you imagine Kim Kardashian suddenly delivering a sharp, critical political statement about the state of the country and, within a week, becoming its most prominent political figure? That is, roughly speaking, what is happening in Russia...
Putin and the past that never went away
My conversation with NPR's Nick Spicer about my book, "The Dark Side of the Earth," which argues that the forces shaping Russian President Vladimir Putin today were never fully dismantled and are still driving global conflict.
Here is the...
A New Battle in the Kremlin
Kiriyenko (left) and Belousov
A new power struggle has erupted between Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and Kremlin strategist Sergei Kiriyenko. At stake are up to 150 parliamentary seats—and the question of who truly holds power in Russia...
For Putin, the War in Iran Changed Everything
At the start of the year, the Russian economy looked to be giving way. Under the strain of war and sanctions, revenues were falling, production was shrinking and trade was running low. With rising tariffs, credit was prohibitively expensive...
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Journalist and writer from Russia, now arrested by Putin's court (in absentia). Author of 'All the Kremlin's Men' and 'War and Punishment'. Columnist for Der Spiegel and The New York Times. Visiting Professor in Columbia
"Investigative Journalist" with a contact list divided between plutocrats and people in prison. Sometimes feared, sometimes loved. Never boring.
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