Russia wants to censor Americans. Why are U.S. tech companies helping?
When Russia designated the Human Rights Foundation as “undesirable” earlier this year, the New York City–based nonprofit knew…
Book Review: ‘Russia’s New Imperialism’ Examines the Sources of Moscow’s Wars and Violence
Russia’s New Imperialism, Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev, Stanford University Press, 240 pp., , September 2026 Russia’s New…
Russia: a stage-managed vote and a war with no end in sight
Russia’s parliamentary election delivered a record supermajority for United Russia, the party that backs Vladimir Putin. The sole…
What Putin’s Sham Elections Say About Russia
What passes for elections in Russia these days bears little resemblance to any recognizably democratic process. Opposition figures…
Book Excerpt: The Words Russians Use to Describe Life Under Authoritarianism
Growing up in early 2000s Russia, when President Vladimir Putin was strengthening his grip on the country, we…
Russia hits Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 9 | News
KYIV, Ukraine – Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at…
Putin’s War Comes Home to Russia
In Chita, a city in Russia’s Transbaikal region roughly 3,700 miles from the front, a man spent 39…
Putin’s War Comes Home to Russia
In Chita, a city in Russia’s Transbaikal region roughly 3,700 miles from the front, a man spent 39…
Russia, China, and Iran Are Joining Forces Against Western Pressure
Russia, China, and Iran are increasingly creating a strategic alliance of convenience that US policymakers must confront as…
Russia, Land of the Unpredictable Past – Foreign Policy
On March 1, a new Russian law came into effect targeting “propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their…
Russia, Land of the Unpredictable Past – Foreign Policy
On March 1, a new Russian law came into effect targeting “propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their…
The West indulges China in its backing for Russia against Ukraine
Since not long after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the democratic world has largely watched passively…