As early as Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a direct phone call to discuss prospects for ending Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. Trump said that…
Category: 8. Opinion
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Meet Russia’s Weirdest Regional Governor. He Could Become the New Norm.
The corporate-style revamp of Russia’s public administration over the past decade, tied mostly to Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko, has made it difficult to find memorable faces…
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The Kremlin Prepared the Regions for Peace Talks – But Few Took Notice
Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, a new weekly newsletter from The Moscow Times helping you make sense of events and understand the key trends shaping life and politics beyond the Russian…
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‘Find Joy in Everything’: Election Monitor Grigory Melkonyants’ Last Word in Court
Grigory Melkonyants, the co-chair of the leading independent election monitor Golos, is set to be sentenced on charges of running an “undesirable” organization on Wednesday.
Since its founding, Golos has denounced alleged voting…
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Press Freedom in Russia Is at an All-Time Low. So Is Its Journalism Education.
My peers and I graduated from journalism school after the war in Ukraine had already begun. Out of the 30 people in my class, only one other graduate besides myself works in the field we studied. Even…
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Russia’s State Nuclear Giant Is Now Inseparable From Its War on Ukraine
If Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is to be believed, 2024 was a banner year.
It is expanding its footprint in new markets in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well as in Central Asian post-Soviet states. It is…
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Letting the Dead March Again: How the Immortal Regiment Occupies the Present
On Sunday, in cities as geopolitically disparate as Washington, Calcutta, Frankfurt, Caracas, Rome and Paris, hundreds of members of the Russian diaspora and migrant community gathered to perform the…
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Why an Indo-Russian Newcomer to the Forbes List Matters to Putin
Forbes Magazine’s latest annual billionaires list includes 15 new entrants from Russia. A notable standout was the Indian-born pharmaceuticals businessman Vikram Punia, who boasts a net worth of $2.1 billion and is currently ranked…
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Foreign Policy Of New German Government Is Anti-Russian, But At What Cost? – CDM
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In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II failed by six votes in…
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Putin’s Unilateral Easter Truce Was Never Intended to Last
U.S. President Donald Trump stands at a crossroads. With his push for peace in Ukraine faltering, he must either go against his instincts and put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin (a…
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