Lucian Kim explains how a generational clash over Soviet nostalgia enabled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, journalist Lucian Kim discusses his book, tracing the war from Soviet collapse and imperial nostalgia ...
Unpacking the economics behind Russia’s military recruitment machine, with researcher Janis Kluge
Economist and Russia expert Janis Kluge unpacks the economics behind Russia’s military recruitment machine.
Russia has crushed open defiance in occupied Ukraine. Scholar Jade McGlynn explains how the resistance went underground to survive.
King’s College London scholar Jade McGlynn discusses how resistance efforts in occupied Ukraine have adapted to survive life behind the front lines.
What happens when you drunk-text the FBI about Russian spies and prostitutes at 4 a.m.? The curious case of Nomma Zarubina.
Host Kevin Rothrock sits down with RFE/RL senior international correspondent Mike Eckel to discuss his investigation into the bizarre case of Nomma Za...
Historian William Jay Risch looks back at Euromaidan and Ukraine’s road from ‘revolutionary euphoria to the madness of war’
Twelve years after Euromaidan, historian William Jay Risch discusses his new book about Ukraine’s 2014 revolution, the Antimaidan counter-movement, an...
Is Trump’s Venezuela operation a ‘gift to Putin,’ and what is the state of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’?
Meduza speaks with political scientist Seva Gunitsky and Russian oil industry expert Craig Kennedy about what the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s presiden...
Moscow Times opinion editor Charlie Hancock discusses the challenges of commissioning commentary on Russia amid the war in Ukraine
Moscow Times opinion editor Charlie Hancock discusses the constraints of her work, handling reader criticism, and balancing sharply divergent viewpoin...
Pavel Durov’s Russian biographer explains the tech-bro feudalism that drives Telegram
Journalist Nikolay Kononov discusses his new book, “The Populist: The Untold Story of Pavel Durov and Telegram,” diving into the ideology and politics...
Simon Shuster on the fall of Andriy Yermak
Journalist and Zelensky biographer Simon Shuster explains the fallout from Andriy Yermak’s removal as the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff and ass...
Andrei Sannikov on Lukashenko’s latest gambit — and why the West keeps taking the bait
Belarusian activist Andrei Sannikov warns that Trump’s outreach to Lukashenko may repeat a long-standing trap, where Minsk trades select prisoner rele...