Gulag for the Glitterati
The arrest of a socialite known to some as “Moscow’s Truman Capotski”—and the flight of Putin’s own goddaughter—signals a purge of the Kremlin-coddled plutocracy
The View from Here
Here’s why Putin thinks basketball superstar Brittney Griner is a fair trade for ex-K.G.B. arms dealer Viktor Bout
Putin Turns on the Jews
The Kremlin is both increasingly anti-Semitic and intent on staunching the brain drain to Israel and the West
The View from Here
Back home in Russia, Vladimir Putin is facing the first serious challenge to his leadership, but it’s not coming from the direction you’d expect
The View from Here
Vladimir Putin watches TV and believes the lies he imposes on the Russian media about Ukraine and the United States. Who does he sound like?
The View from Here
Putin’s absolute rule is challenged by a noisy majority of Russian, woke-hating anti-vaxxers
The View from Here
Putin’s allies weaponize wokeness to cancel the leader of the opposition, Alexei Navalny
First Lady in Red
Now that Alexei Navalny is headed for prison, his wife, Yulia, is the new face of the anti-Putin opposition
Sputnik Nyet
Russians have all the coronavirus vaccine they need, but nobody wants to take it
Doctors Without Choices
Why Russia is fighting the coronavirus like it’s 1943