“That was my personal Halloween, when I found myself in the U.S. with just a suitcase, and I had no idea where to go next,” Anastasiya Popova said.
Ilya Ponomaryov
Contrarian Redux
Robert Shlegel’s peers contrast Russia’s archaic political system with advanced western democracies. Shlegel compares it to the North Korean-style dictatorship he witnessed growing up in Turkmenistan.
The Putin Paradox
The Putin Paradox holds that the former KGB agent is the best leader Russia could hope for in the transition from communism to democracy.
Inside the Brain of Moscow’s Protest Movement
“All forces in society are here,” says Yevgeniya Chirikova. “We won’t go very far if we start asking who is who. We’re not fighting with Nazis now, but with swindlers and thieves.”
