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Posted inEditor's Pick

How the War in Ukraine Has Forever Changed the Children in One Kindergarten Class

by Carolyn Wells April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

“In the city of Kharkiv, in northeast Ukraine, there is a kindergarten classroom with bright yellow and green walls and long, gauzy curtains…But these days, there are no children.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Collaborators

by Seyward Darby February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

“As occupied territories are liberated, some residents face accusations that they sided with the enemy.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat

by Krista Stevens February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

“Telegram has the capacity to share nearly any confidential information a government requests. Users just have to trust that it won’t.”

Posted inQuotes

Chasing Spies From the Couch

by Carolyn Wells June 24, 2020October 17, 2022

Discover a website that solves crimes without its members ever leaving home.

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘A Chain of Stupidity’: the Skripal Case and the Decline of Russia’s Spy Agencies

by Carolyn Wells June 23, 2020October 19, 2022

“The new hero of journalism was no longer a grizzled investigator burning shoe leather, à la All the President’s Men, but a pasty-looking kid in front of a MacBook Air.”

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Member Pick, Story

Putin’s Rasputin

by Longreads July 11, 2019February 10, 2023

Journalist Amos Barshad meets with “Putin whisperer” Aleksandr Dugin to try to understand how a shadowy advisor exerts influence.

Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Unapologetic Women

The Manipulative Power of ‘You Understand’

by Danielle Tcholakian May 18, 2018October 19, 2022

A reminder, courtesy of Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova.

Posted inCurrent Events

Are Regular Russians Ready to Take On Vladimir Putin?

by Erin Blakemore April 6, 2017October 19, 2022

The Russian election is one year away, but taking on a ruthless autocrat may not be welcomed by a generation looking for stability and security.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

A New American Pastime: Putinology

by Sari Botton February 24, 2017October 19, 2022

Russian-born journalist Keith Gessen breaks down seven theories about Vladimir Putin that have gained traction as a result of a diversion that’s become popular with Americans in the Trump era: Putinology.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Killer, Kleptocrat, Genius, Spy: the Many Myths of Vladimir Putin

by Sari Botton February 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Russian-born journalist and author Keith Gessen’s analysis of seven theories about Putin borne of “Putinology,” a long-standing tradition in eastern Europe, newly adopted by Americans as a diversion in the Trump era.

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