The Moscow Times is proud to present “Back to the USSR: When Russia Took a Wrong Turn,” an exhibition of photos from our archive that captures everyday life in Russia during the Yeltsin era and the early years of Putin’s rule.
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The Kremlin has rejected bloggers' claims that Putin is not fully informed about affairs in Russia.
“Putin is the head of state, and his powers, by definition, include the widest range of issues that are on the agenda,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Russian Exiles in Europe Face a Catch-22
Belatedly getting round to this strong Dan Storyev piece in the @themoscowtimes.com that nails this myth about Russian emigres not pulling their weight
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In this week's edition of Regions Calling, we zoom in on the North Caucasus, where two republics are grappling with catastrophic floods after experiencing their heaviest rainfall in decades.
#OpEd Unlike Ukraine, Russia has not drawn attention to women in combat roles as it would undermine Moscow's masculine supremacy, writes Jennifer Mathers.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told The Moscow Times that each European country must decide for itself whether to resume dialogue with the Kremlin.
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Russian units’ loss of access to Starlink has allowed Kyiv to push back on Moscow’s advances and make gains in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, a senior NATO official said.
Yury Ushakov has emerged as one of the Kremlin’s key intermediaries with the Trump administration in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
While the extent of his power is opaque, one thing is clear: few people have more direct access to Putin.
For many Russian viewers, the series provides a rare portrayal of queer lives and relationships at a time when LGBTQ+ visibility inside Russia has largely vanished.
Russian and Ukrainian media recently reported that Kadyrov may be suffering from kidney failure and has been exploring potential successors.
Here's what we know.
In November, The Moscow Times spoke to former U.S. officials and analysts about how Russia might respond to a direct confrontation between Venezuela and the United States.
Article by me for @themoscowtimes.com. "Nothing in living memory compares with the scale and speed of the change to U.S.-Russia relations [under Trump]. His administration seems to be abandoning not just leadership of the West but membership of it, in favor of [...] alignment with the Kremlin."
Some very poignant and revealing quotes here
“If something like that had happened, the whole town would have been talking about it,” one resident told the Mozhem Obyasnit outlet.
In our final Regions Calling newsletter of 2025, we look back at our coverage of Russia's regions and choose one policy, person and place that left the most pronounced impact this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold his annual Direct Line call-in show and press conference with Russian citizens and journalists Friday.
To help you watch it as it unfolds, The Moscow Times has created our own version of “Putin Bingo,” with some of the tropes and phrases we expect.
Former Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh has done what many business elites could not after the invasion of Ukraine: successfully leave the Russian market and parlay his old venture into a new one abroad.
How did he pull it off?
WSJ published a great report about how Russia is pushing for the U.S. to tack business and investment deals onto the Ukraine peace plan. @themoscowtimes.com has been reporting this since February.
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St. Petersburg woman Lena Patyayeva, who has repeatedly called for answers about the fate of her friend Seda Suleimanova after she was forcibly returned to Chechnya, was arrested while staging a solo picket on Tuesday.
Photo: Slovo Zashchitye
Opinion: To Putin, the Trump peace proposal proves that he has won. But there is much in its pages that he won’t agree to, argues former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev.
Activists and experts say the Kremlin's two new holidays are more for propaganda than a genuine expression of care for Indigenous communities.
The band Stoptime rose to viral fame for performing anti-Putin and anti-war anthems in St. Petersburg — and were jailed for nearly two weeks as a result.
Here is a closer look at some of the songs they performed:
Diana Loginova was filmed earlier this week leading a crowd in central St. Petersburg in singing the lyrics to the exiled rapper Noize MC’s hit song “Swan Lake Cooperative.”
The Moscow Times spoke to five residents of Russia’s second-largest city about how the war has transformed their everyday lives.
The Central Bank asked Russians to choose the design of the new 500-ruble note.
It set off a spat between Chechen officials and pro-war bloggers, accusations of rupturing national unity and even claims of foreign meddling — not to mention all the memes.
#OpEd Jimmy Kimmel's removal from late night television resembles when the Kremlin attacked a television channel that satirized Putin — and even the liberal media rationalized what happened as if it was acceptable, warns Andrei Soldatov.
That’s how long it takes to watch a Marvel these days!
Russian pop icon Alla Pugacheva’s first interview since the invasion of Ukraine has been viewed 20m times since it premiered last week. It’s worth the watch (and has English subtitles)
