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Michele A. Berdy

A Russian Holiday Party Primer

A (mostly comic) guide to holiday partying: where to go, what to wear, and what to bring.
Leonid Bershidsky for Bloomberg

Facebook Just Can’t Seem to Beat the Russians

Social media companies' defenses are routinely bypassed by an entire manipulation industry, largely based in Russia.
Oleg Kashin

Kremlin’s Cruel LGBT Crackdown Has Outlived Its Usefulness

The state itself no longer remembers why it began to target “gay propaganda,” or what threat it believed it posed.
Sabine Fischer

What the New EU Leadership Should Do About Russia

There must be a sober assessment of what is and is not possible between the EU and Russia.
Leonid Bershidsky

Putin Is Seeing ‘Foreign Agents’ Everywhere

I'm only one step from becoming a Russian "foreign agent."
Andrei Kolesnikov

How 10,000 Little Putins Rule Russia

The combination of aggressive conformism and petty indifference is the basis of the regime’s popular support.
Dmitry Stefanovich

U.S. Inspection of New Russian Missile May Revive Stalled Arms Control Talks

Russia made positive moves to extend the New START treaty late last month.
Igor Ivanov

In a Year of Global Chaos, Russia Remained a Reliable Partner

The main task now is to ensure that Russia's momentum is not lost going into 2020.
Michele A. Berdy

Merry Happy Holiday to You

It's beginning to look a lot like Holiday Central.
Andrei Sinitsyn

Putin Is Learning the Hard Way That in Sports Rules Still Matter

We promised to be honest but fabricated the truth, again.
Tatyana Stanovaya

Yandex Is Safe for Now, but Kremlin Compromise Is Fragile

Russia’s tech giant remains vulnerable to future attempts to bring it under closer state control.
Ben Noble

Russia’s Flawed Justice Is Holding Its Economy Back

The case of Valery Izrailit shows the damage Russia’s broken justice system is inflicting.
Leonid Bershidsky

I Just Translated ‘1984’ Into Russian. I’m Gasping for Air

Reading “1984” closely is both sickening and cathartic because so much is instantly recognizable.
Maxim Trudolyubov

Authorities Need 'Foreign Agents' to Rally the People

The new law encourages vigilance and suspicion.
Michele A. Berdy

Stand on the Right, Pass on the Left

The grammatical lessons of the Moscow metro.
Ilya Klishin

Why It Is Nearly Impossible for a Common Russian to Follow the Upcoming U.S. Elections

Russia's politics is a battle between those who are in favor of democratic procedures and capitalism and those who strive for authoritarianism.
Micky Aharonson

Russia-Israel Relations: Expectations and Reality

Syria remains the main point of contention between the two countries.
Dmitry Trenin

How Cozy Is Russia and China’s Military Relationship?

Russia and China’s strategic military cooperation is becoming ever closer.
Leonid Bershidsky

The West Needs to Measure Russian Election Meddling. Here’s How

Techniques that once quantified the impact of political advertising don’t work for internet propaganda.
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