Playing Along in the Dark

A significant part of the population, not to mention the "elites," play along with Putin, forming the very "we" on behalf of which he acts, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

How Russia Kills and How Ukraine Resists

What is happening on the Russian-Ukrainian front? How have new technologies changed the picture of military actions? What are they fighting with, and has there really been a turning point on the front — NT asked military analyst of the "Russian service BBC", professional military Ilya Abishev*

No One Writes to the Retired Colonel

Putin once again confirmed that he is not ready for peace and will continue what he started in 2022, according to columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

«It's like the air has changed in Russia»

Stars of the TV channel «Dozhd* and co-authors of the program Drama Queens Ekaterina Kotrikadze*, Anna Mongait*, Yulia Taratuta* discussed the results of the political season with NT

The Strategy of Endless Deadlock

If you don't know how to get out of a deadlock state — extend and deepen it: this is the way of existence of the Putin system, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*

ArEristotle

Alleged financial violations at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences are just a pretext to ruin one of the last "nests" of moderate liberalism, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.

The Case of the Philosophers and Putin's Fears

On the new wave of persecution of intellectuals, the 'Aristotle case,' Andrey Zvyagintsev's anti-war appeal, and the scandal surrounding the production of 'Hamlet,' NT spoke with publicist and political scientist Andrey Kolesnikov*

Yes, we are Scythians — and 'Sarmatians'

'Military Putinism' follows the destructive path of the Soviet Union — the military-industrial complex consumes all resources without regard for their depletion, believes columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*

 

Sacrificial Sovereignty: The War in Ukraine and the Restructuring of Russia

Why do the goals of the Russian invasion of Ukraine keep changing, and why has the war become more important to Putin's regime than the outcome? How has the death of hundreds of thousands become a tool for restructuring Russian society? NT presents the perspective of Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.