Mallick Speaks·Nov 3Russia’s Supermarkets Are Full. But Can Ordinary Russians Afford What’s on the Shelves?An American woman visits food markets in Siberia and finds plenty to buy. Russian wage figures reveal why the prices tell a different story…A response icon1A response icon1
Amarsanaa G Jegal·Nov 2The Main Issue Hidden Behind the Russian Army’s LossesThe human cost of war and the growing crisis facing Putin’s Russia.A response icon1A response icon1
Nadin Brzezinski·Oct 23Some Good News and More on RussiaLet me start with some good news, since Oleski might be evacuated in full in the coming days. The fact that both sides agreed to this, and…A response icon12A response icon12
DailyWithNisha·Sep 24Russia Is Getting Weird, Even for RussiaThere was a time, not so long ago, when Russian propaganda was genuinely good at its job. I remember the early months of the full-scale…A response icon6A response icon6
Nadin Brzezinski·Sep 9Russian Losses in the Ukraine War and Other MovesI want to start today with this casualty milestone. Mind you, this is the highest number of casualties since the Second World War, and we…A response icon13A response icon13
DailyWithNisha·Sep 4Ukraine Is Taking Control of the Battlefield — and Hitting Russia’s EconomyIn our last conversation, I laid out the broader contours of a conflict that had, by mid-2026, settled into a grinding war of attrition…A response icon2A response icon2
DailyWithNisha·Aug 21Russia’s Latest Developments Are Getting Seriously StrangeYou know, I keep thinking about Antonina Kirsanova. She’s the Moscow hairdresser who posted that cheerful video from her Black Sea holiday…A response icon1A response icon1
InActivated ThinkerbyThird eye type writer·Aug 13Something Strange Is Happening Inside RussiaBlacked-out phones, poets in handcuffs, and a Kremlin quietly bracing for something
Nadin Brzezinski·Aug 11Things are Getting Weird In Russia, Even for RussiaThe first thing I want to cover today is the idea that a mobilization is already underway. Of course, the regions where this is happening…A response icon25A response icon25
InGeopolitics & BeyondbySagar·Aug 11The Untold Story of Russia’s Gold Sell‑OffExplore how sanctions, currency wars, and geopolitics collide in this high‑stakes move.A response icon1A response icon1
