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...
Russia’s elites once dreaded war. Now, they fear peace.
Meduza talks with independent journalist Farida Rustamova about how Putin’s war effort changed the rules of the game for Russia’s “old elites” — and m...
Elena Kostyuchenko explains why E.U. multiple-entry visas were so crucial for Russian dissidents and journalists
Meduza interviews journalist and activist Elena Kostyuchenko to find out why the loss of E.U. multiple-entry visas is such a major problem for Russia’...
Julia Ioffe’s ‘Motherland’
Journalist Julia Ioffe returns to The Naked Pravda to discuss her new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocr...
Four scenarios for the next chapter in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Political scientist Maria Snegovaya joins The Naked Pravda to discuss the mounting costs straining the Kremlin’s war machine and four plausible scenar...
Here’s what you do when Russia won’t stay out of your airspace
Dr. Olga Oliker discusses escalating incursions by Russian aircraft into NATO airspace in Eastern Europe, drawing comparisons to Turkey downing a Russ...
Joshua Yaffa explains how Donald Trump got NATO to pay up
Journalist Joshua Yaffa discusses his June 2025 New Yorker article, “Collective Punishment: Why is Donald Trump upending America’s commitment to NATO?...
Pulitzer-winner Benjamin Nathans on the Soviet dissident movement’s ‘many lives’
Historian Benjamin Nathans joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his latest book, “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Diss...
Everyday politics in Russia with Jeremy Morris
Anthropologist Jeremy Morris joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his latest book, “Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance” (Bloomsbu...