The Price of Dictatorship

Yevgenia Albats* — the first reaction to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, and his extradition by Delta special forces to the USA

It is very important to believe that good things will happen

Results of 2025 from the editor-in-chief of The New Times, Evgenia Albats*

Irena Lesnevskaya Passed Away

The journalist died at the age of 83.

Irena Lesnevskaya's Oxygen Pillow

Recalled by Andrey Kolesnikov, columnist for NT

Beautiful Impulses

This is what distinguished the businesswoman Irena Lesnevskaya — convinced Lyubov Tsukanova, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazines “Novoye Vremya” and The New Times

“I Was Lucky to Work with Irena Lesnevskaya”

By Zoya Svetova, columnist The New Times in 2009–2014 years

«She managed to survive in a male-dominated, very tough game, not change herself, and achieve what she wanted»

Text by Anna Kachkaeva from the issue of the magazine The New Times dated May 30, 2012, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Irena Lesnevskaya

«A galaxy of brilliant people came to REN»

Text by Arina Borodina from an issue of the magazine The New Times from 2012, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Irena Lesnevskaya

Как отслеживают «политических»

О технологии репрессий The New Times рассказал российский предприниматель Григорий Кунис, убежавший от диктатуры

Did Trump Read George Kennan?

The peace process, as well as the formation of a new world order, is at a complete deadlock, which almost unchanged from 2025 flows into 2026, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

За пределами ойкумены

О том, что такое ностальгия с точки зрения ученого и почему так трудно расставаться с прошлым, The New Times поговорил с зоологом, популяризатором науки, известным блогером Ильей Колмановским*

Trial of the Decembrists

In Russia, even after two hundred years, nothing changes: participants in the events on Senate Square on December 14, 1825, are called "subjects of foreign influence." Columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* reflects

Украина: война, быт и политика

Как живут украинские города под ударами ракет и дронов, почему в городе выжить легче, чем в селе, отставка Ермака и кому доверяют украинцы — The New Times расспросил политтехнолога, популярного блогера Михаила Шейтельмана*

«Didn't understand the question»

The end of hostilities will have to wait a long time — the current conflict is unfolding in the mode of medieval wars. Putin is satisfied with the military solution of the «return of Donbas» — the cost of the issue does not matter, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

Дипломатия под ковром

Что за люди ведут сегодня переговоры о мире в Украине и почему как официальные, так и закулисные встречи заканчиваются ничем? NT задал вопросы Борису Бондареву*, дипломату в изгнании, и Михаилу Касьянову*, оппозиционному политику, премьеру правительства РФ в 2000–2004 годах

Execute the Messenger

The blocking of messengers and the internet has become the main battlefield of the state against the remnants of freedom within the country today, believes columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*