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Opinion
Olesia Horiainova
Finland Is Awake to the Russian Threat. Is the Rest of the West?
The sense of security enjoyed by many European countries, especially NATO members, can be misguided and lead to serious consequences.
Elena Davlikanova
J.D. Vance Is Wrong About Ukraine … Again
The Republican Vice President has based his so-called peace plan for Ukraine on bad ideas and myths that jeopardize the embattled country’s future.
5 Min read
Andras Toth-Czifra
To See How Badly Russia Is Governed, Look at the Kremlin’s Response to Kursk
By its very nature, the Russian system is slow and ineffective at reacting to unexpected challenges and implementing solutions.
6 Min read
Mikhail Krutikhin
Why Is Ukraine Still Helping Fuel Russia’s War Machine?
If Kyiv stopped allowing Russian gas to flow to Europe through its pipelines, it would cut off a huge source of revenue to the Kremlin’s military budget...
2 Min read
Vladislav Inozemtsev
What Will Shake Russians' Apathy Toward the War?
In an atomized society, individuals are almost exclusively concerned with their personal interests. It is only once those interests are threatened that...
4 Min read
Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern
Telegram's Free Speech Ethos Cannot Excuse the Horrific Crimes It Facilitates
Human trafficking, terrorism, sextortion and other atrocities are not free speech.
7 Min read
Ian Garner
In Seeking to Humanize Russian Soldiers, ‘Russians at War’ Glosses Over Their Atrocities
Anastasia Trofimova’s controversial film skirts around questions of Ukrainian humanity and suffering, the agency of Russian soldiers and her own documentary...
5 Min read
Yelena Kotyonochkina
How Russia Perfected the Art of Blocking Independent Candidates From Elections
This year’s regional and municipal elections set a new record for the number of candidates not registered. That is by design.
8 Min read
Gulnara Shuraleeva
Navalnaya’s Decolonization Critique Proves That Russia’s Liberal Opposition Hasn’t Been Listening to Indigenous Voices
It appears that Team Navalny is more interested in preserving the status quo than in engaging in a meaningful dialogue.
4 Min read
Ruth Deyermond
Resetting U.S.-Russia Relations Would Be a Mistake
Envisaging a future reset with Russia is not pragmatism. It is wishful thinking.
5 Min read
Vladislav Inozemtsev
Russia's Eurasian Alliances Are Unraveling. We Must Use That To Our Advantage
Undermining the Eurasian project is a task that can bring maximum benefits to the free world at a minimal cost.
4 Min read
Alexander Shulga
Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Has Exposed Russia’s Hollow Civic Identity
With the onset of fall, we will witness Putin's image in the public consciousness start to erode.
7 Min read
Saahil Menon
Ending 'Golden Visas' Will Hold Rich Russians Like Durov Accountable
Western governments must tighten the screws on jurisdictions that commoditize nationality and residence permits, given the unsavory clientele these schemes...
4 Min read
Rina Matsapulina
By Taking Aim at Telegram, France Puts Free Speech in the Crosshairs
If states can subjugate platforms like Telegram, it will be a blow to digital rights around the world.
6 Min read
Irina Mak
How Anti-Kremlin Artists Are Diagnosing a Sick Regime
Two and a half years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this art is seen less as a protest than as a testimony — or, rather, as a diagnosis.
6 Min read
Konstantin Sonin
Why Pavel Durov's Detention Shook Both the Russian Opposition and Putin's Regime
In fact, nobody knows what Telegram shares with which governments and under what conditions.
4 Min read
Elena Davlikanova
Ukraine's Hard-Won Lessons in Independence
Ukraine's Independence Day offers a reminder that independence is not a given and often comes at an extraordinarily high cost.
4 Min read
Saahil Menon
Is Modi’s Ukraine Visit an ‘Orban Lite’ Peace Mission?
Though a welcome guest, the fact that it took the Indian prime minister almost two years to RSVP to Zelensky’s original invite should give Kyiv pause...
4 Min read
Leyla Latypova for From the Republics
In Russia, Indigenous Activism Is an ‘Extremist’ Affair
Kremlin-imposed "extremist" designation brings nothing but distress to Indigenous activists.
3 Min read
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