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The Kremlin Prepared the Regions for Peace Talks – But Few Took Notice

For the first time, officials encouraged relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine to join Immortal Regiment marches. Here's why that's important.

'Find Joy in Everything': Election Monitor Grigory Melkonyants' Last Word in Court

The co-chair of the leading independent election monitor Golos has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Angelina Trefilova

Press Freedom in Russia Is at an All-Time Low. So Is Its Journalism Education.

Press freedom is often framed as a struggle between journalists and the state. But the problem also lies with dishonest journalism professors.

Russia's State Nuclear Giant Is Now Inseparable From Its War on Ukraine

The company's slick commercial rhetoric belies the fact that Rosatom is a company that is literally at war.

Letting the Dead March Again: How the Immortal Regiment Occupies the Present

It is time to reclaim the Immortal Regiment and replace it with rituals that serve memory and truth.

Why an Indo-Russian Newcomer to the Forbes List Matters to Putin

The unique success story of self-made billionaire Vikram Punia could inspire fellow Indian entrepreneurs to follow in his footsteps and pursue the “Russian...

Alexander Baunov for Carnegie

Putin’s Unilateral Easter Truce Was Never Intended to Last

Putin clearly hasn’t decided whether to ditch Trump and his attempts to bring the war to an end, or whether to keep trying to manipulate the U.S. president...

Would You Send Asylum Seekers at Risk of Torture Home? That's What Europe Does to Chechens.

Despite their professed dedication to human rights, European countries refuse to believe the threats pro-Ukraine Chechen refugees face.

Arnold Khachaturov

Can Official Russian Statistics Be Trusted?

As long as the Kremlin continues to be a technocratic regime, Russian statistics will retain at least some value for researchers.

Tatyana Rybakova

A Planned Economy in Modern Russia? It Didn't Work Last Time and Won't Work Today.

Potatoes in Russia are 300% more expensive than last year. But imposing price controls without addressing the cause is a recipe for disaster.

Memorial Human Rights Defense Center

Return Respect for the Rule of Law and Human Rights to International Politics

Reports indicate that peace talks are ignoring humanitarian issues, the welfare of political prisoners and international laws. That has to change.

Why the Khachaturyan Sisters' Case Fired Up Russian Feminists

A father was convicted of abusing his daughters, who killed him in self defense, is a rare case of Russian justice and the public siding with victims.

Tatyana Rybakova

Russia Will Go Back to the U.S.S.R. Thanks to New Import Rules

Only certain brands will be allowed into Russia to support domestic manufacturing. But consumers will pay the price for reduced quality.

Jorge Conde and Dr John Blaxland

Twisting Reality Is the Name of Putin's War Game

The failure to capture Kyiv and the fall of Assad's Syria were an embarrassment. But that hasn't stoped the Kremlin claiming to be all-powerful.

Elena Davlikanova

Make War Acceptable Again: Crimea Today, Taiwan Tomorrow?

Washington's proposal to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea is not only anathema to Ukraine but threatens to bolden bad actors everywhere.

The Killing of a 17-Year-Old Shows the Clash of Cultures Taking Place in Chechnya

The lifeless body of a teenage boy left out in public to send a message may backfire by showing Chechens Moscow has no respect for them.

Joshua R. Kroeker

Putin Wants to Look Like the Good Guy by Proposing Ceasefires. It's a Trap.

Kyiv says Russia violated yesterday's ceasefire 3,000 times. Moscow isn't seeking peace; it wants Washington to believe Kyiv wants war.

Putin's Demands Mean Trump Can Never Truly End the War. Here's Why.

Trump and Witkoff fail to understand how long Russia has coveted Ukrainian land for. Moscow's conditions are unacceptable to Ukraine.

Indigenous of Russia Foundation

An Open Letter to Vladimir Kara-Murza: Don't Spread Racist Myths About Indigenous Peoples

The leading opposition politician's remarks in the French senate, suggesting that ethnic minority soldiers are more brutal, are unacceptable.

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