Category: 8. Opinion

Yesterday, Derk Sauer, founder of The Moscow Times, passed away. He left us too soon, at just 72 years old, full of energy and ideas.

Derk was a remarkable man. Those lucky enough to work with him or…

The conventional wisdom is that President Vladimir Putin’s war has showered Russians with newfound wealth. 

Workers, we are told, are raking it in, especially in industrial cities that languished…

Last month, I ran through Reykjavik’s chilly streets as part of a charity race supporting Get Lost, a grassroots initiative that helps Russians avoid military conscription. While running, I kept…

Russia’s HIV statistics and dynamics were far from encouraging long before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But the war has dramatically worsened the situation. In the first year of the war,…