Even my grandmother, who has always supported Putin, simply doesn’t understand why the government would do this.

As banks intrude into customers' affairs and a draft bill plans to restrict cryptocurrencies, it's no surprise Russians turn to conspiracies.

Moscow is cynically exploiting ignorance about the legal meaning of genocide to expand repressions at home and play the victim abroad.

The Bushehr nuclear power plant is a civilian facility. But military strikes have come too close for comfort, risking a radiological incident.

It is hypocritical for governments to claim they're tough on Russia's super rich when they leave the peripheries of their empires untouched.

Pivoting from the Strait of Hormuz to the Arctic risks unique environmental disasters that Russia has shown it cannot handle.

Russians who fled abroad can't win: their visible existence is seen as an offense, but they’re expected to loudly put their families at risk.

Even before the Iran war drove up oil prices, Washington's strategy of conceding to the Kremlin enabled Russia's continued war on Ukraine.

The harsh truth is that most Russian emigres are apolitical, at best. If we want to be taken seriously, we have to be more openly against the war.

Moscow keeps the isolated island afloat in return for its mineral wealth and convenient location for intelligence gathering.

When you force a language out of public and into the home, the language risks disappearing as young people stop seeing it as useful.

Rising fossil fuel prices may help Moscow avoid a worst-case scenario. But the core problems at the heart of Russia's economy remain.

Actions speak louder than words — and Moscow is even denying reports that it's supporting Iran at all.

Sweeping bans on discussing drugs, politics and “non-traditional values” are forcing artists and labels to censor themselves.

Washington and Moscow look less like ideological rivals than the joint architects of an international order where might makes right.

What do you do when you're accused of spending too much when the country's at war? Cut the size of the city's workforce, of course.

Russia was the largest foreign investor in Iran each year since 2022. The war could transform their economic relationship.

Because they saw the world beyond Russia's borders as an opportunity rather than a threat, Russian scientists face a witch hunt.