How will the hot war in the Middle East affect the global economy and world order? Is it possible to defeat a dictatorship with external forces? Businessman Fadi Khraibe, journalist and Central Asia expert Arkady Dubnov, and founder of the analytical project Re: Russia political scientist Kirill Rogov* answer questions from NT

How Putin and Trump are engaged in a mutually respectful proxy confrontation — columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

The last days and weeks have united the memory of such different, yet on the same side of history, leaders — Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Gaidar, Nemtsov, Navalny**, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

If university disciplines that undermine Western civilization continue to proliferate at the current pace, a lecture course on the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' will soon appear, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

With his courage, political talent, and sincerity, he saved Russia's honor, believes Yevgenia Albats*

On the pressure on Zelensky, informal communication channels with the dictator, and the role of Alexander Lukashenko as a mediator between the Kremlin and the White House, NT was told by the famous American journalist Simon Shuster