The model «the tsar is good, the boyars are bad» has somewhat faltered, but the Russian authorities are moving forward, seeing and hearing nothing, like the new statue by Banksy, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The book market is experiencing a mini-1937, which aligns with the logic of expanding and absurdifying political repressions, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
A new cursed Russian question: will the authorities find the risks of growing discontent within the country more significant than the prolonged enjoyment of escalation? — asks columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Russia is no longer participating in the space race—because such a competition is peaceful and implies the normal development of a country: for Putin, the Soviet Union is as far away as the Moon, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.
The Russian authorities are concerned with the spiritual prevailing over the material, the "thousand-year history"—so we live as if a thousand years ago, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Russia is falling into an anxious-depressive state, but this does not change anything in the Kremlin's policy, according to columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The widespread sale of power by security threats attracts fewer and fewer buyers, who are very tired of the forcibly imposed goods, says columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
From Kissinger to Brzezinski — one move: readers after Orwell turned to the books of American sages, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
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*
Growing problems of the regime are currently being managed by the fantastic adaptability of the population. But the system will experience overloads in the event of the end of the Special Military Operation, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Kremlin has replaced the doctrine of 'restraint' with the doctrine of nuclear 'unrestraint' — the Doomsday Clock is ticking louder, according to columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
As in the times of Soviet power, the Kremlin uses the leaders of the official "Jewish community" for propaganda purposes, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov
Military intelligence officers and investment bankers are now trying to negotiate deals and trades — hardly representatives of these professions are capable of establishing a lasting peace, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.
Putin's speech to foreign ambassadors was the first response — very cautious — to the events of early 2026, according to NT columnist Andrey Kolesnikov*
Even the Christmas holiday was put under the gun of the Special Military Operation by the top officials of the state and the church, observes the columnist Andrey Kolesnikov* watching Moscow from the inside
People concerned about the violation of international law seem to have slept through the past four (almost) years, says Evgenia Albats*
Yevgenia Albats* — the first reaction to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, and his extradition by Delta special forces to the USA
Results of 2025 from the editor-in-chief of The New Times, Evgenia Albats*
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*
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
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*
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*
The editor-in-chief of The New Times Yevgenia Albats* — on the dramatic events of recent days
The new “Trump Plan,” even if supplemented and revised, can only bring about a freeze of the conflict, but will not solve the “root cause” of instability — the Kremlin's views on the world order, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
A tired society is weary of a semi-military state, but it is also tired of resisting, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Kremlin presented America with a miracle weapon, Trump responded with a 'nuclear' strike—a meeting with the presidents of all Central Asian countries, but Putin does not notice the failures and is ready to continue the Special Military Operation, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The more tired society becomes, the more complex the economic situation, the more absurd the repressive initiatives and bans become, as well as the creative proposals for improving life, analyzes Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Kremlin has sovereignized history, next in line are geography and the demographics tied to it, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The less money the regime has, the more it will dream of megalomaniacal projects, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Kremlin offers a new version of the social contract: eternal battle with the West in exchange for the population handing over their last money to continue this fight, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
A common refrain among today’s journalists, political scientists, and many politicians of various stripes is that President Trump is successfully undermining American institutions, and that soon democracy in the United States will come to an end (“каюк”). Why that’s not the case is explained by Yevgenia Albats.
The Kremlin's 'Valdai' apology for what is happening turns into a bad infinity and signals readiness to continue the Special Military Operation, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Russian population has developed an image of the future. It is called "When-It-All-Ends." But until this limit is reached, it must be lived through and earned, says columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The case of Dmitry Kozak is from the category of «do not try to repeat». The «elites» are paralyzed by fear and are experiencing a stage of more active circulation, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The possible cancellation of Schengen visas for Russians benefits Putin — it is a way to increase the number of Europe's adversaries within the Russian population, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Tianjin and Beijing did not lay the foundation for a new world order, rather, they presented the world with a situational alliance of autocracies, according to columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
By September 1, the state has prepared numerous changes for secondary and higher education: the battle for youth leads to the deliberate erosion of the country's human capital, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Another attack, and this time not deflected, on the 'Yeltsin Center' turned out to be a direct blow to the legacy of Russia's first president — both political and physical, according to columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*
Putin has once again bought time to continue the SMO — this is the main outcome of the event, which can only conditionally be called «negotiations» and «summit», according to columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*
In the monastic skete, Putin clarified his doctrine, it is called «This is ours». The boundaries of «ours» did not become clearer. Reflects columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Putin's regime has created a simple and clear black-and-white picture: Stalin is good, Sakharov is bad. And it has revealed itself completely — without many words, but by using understandable images, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Evgenia Albats, editor-in-chief of NT, traveled to Pennsylvania, where there is a town called Moscow, founded back in the 19th century, and where there are nearly a dozen Orthodox churches and monasteries. A year earlier — she was in Uruguay, where in the town of San Javier there was a large Russian Christian community that fled from Tsarist Russia in 1913 and later from Soviet Russia
As today's experience shows, returning to the Orwellian world is extraordinarily easy. But how do you realize your presence in it and exit from it? Reflects columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The state, having taken away civil rights and history from society, now also claims the Russian language, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The mass instead of the individual — such scales are operated by an autocratic regime. Yet, for some reason, it is necessary to repeatedly close statistical data, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Europe and the USA are going on vacation. July and August are hot months in many countries, including the Russian Federation and Moscow. It's time to sum up the political season. Evgenia Albats* answers questions from viewers of her YouTube channel and readers of The New Times
Turning the name of Alexander Tvardovsky into their moral shield, the authorities desecrated the memory of the poet and editor of «Novy Mir», believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The lack of achievements today is replaced by the ideology of the past and retro-utopias of the future, but again everything comes down to imitating America, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Kremlin has addressed linguistic issues: established a monopoly on Cyrillic, brought back the 'Primer', and raised a new banner in the form of F. I. Tyutchev — all this fits into the parody of the unforgettable Alexander Ivanov, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
There is no longer any difference between the enemies of Stalin and the enemies of Putin, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The elites are shedding their veils of civility — a collective political coming out occurred at the St. Petersburg Legal Forum and in some other places, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Negotiations, according to Medinsky, should be conducted without a ceasefire, and it has always been so in history; but it is precisely in history that there are nuances, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
No, because true, non-state memory remains within us, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The thesis of the Special Military Operation as a direct continuation of the Great Patriotic War has been entrenched in Kremlin ideology, says columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Propaganda not only distorts but also vulgarizes the memory of the Great Patriotic War, and victims of vulgarity become, for example, Bulat Okudzhava and Konstantin Simonov, noted columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
An imaginary national-oriented code of Russia, which PR specialists and political technologists are supposed to develop, cripples the nation's perception of itself, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Any power is disgusting. The question is whether we are capable of resisting, says the editor-in-chief NT Evgenia Albats*
The search for Russian identity has found the only success in recent decades — Ovechkin's goal, believes columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*
The system begins to devour itself: it creates an impression of chaos and war of all against all, considers columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Mass protests are still trying to defend modernization, but the forces of archaism, represented by autocrats striving for eternal power, are becoming increasingly uncompromising and brutal, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The leadership deficit in the relaxed Western world order is filled not by new Roosevelts and de Gaulles, but by autocratic politicians. Nevertheless, the safety net of Western democracy may still work and slow down the emergence of a new world disorder, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The authorities, based on reports from concerned rioters, are persecuting suspicious books and thereby exposing themselves: they recognize themselves in them, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Director Andreasyan entered big loyal politics on Tarkovsky, whom he labeled as a 'liberal'. Very convenient and scandalous, which was required to be done, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Trump-Putin pact is not capable of solving all global problems, or even the problems of the US and Putin's Russia themselves, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.
Evgenia Albats* — on how Vladimir Alexandrovich and Donald Fredovich quarreled, and what the Third World War has to do with it
The museum of one of Stalin's henchmen, cynically opened in Mariupol, clearly aligns Putin's ideology as Stalinist and deliberately insulting to the memory of the victims, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.
Споет ли Аль Бано свою «Феличиту» на Красной площади с оркестром в рамках сделки с Трампом? Колумнист NT Андрей Колесников* — о чаяниях российской элиты
Nationalization reshapes the past, the refusal of decarbonization deprives the future — as do some other elements of statistically successful economic policy, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Трамп размахивает кувалдой, но его действия, в отличие от первой каденции, хорошо подготовлены, считает Евгения Альбац*
Государство, вопреки утверждению кандидата на должность Александра Фадеева Владимира Мединского, ведет себя, как Урфин Джюс, выращивавший дуболомов. И тому есть доказательства в предлагаемом полезном списке литературы, пишет колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
The anniversary of MSU became an attempt at the celebration of the sovereignty of education. But you can't make everyone sovereign, says columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
What was happening in the Capitol rotunda and how it was reflected on TV, who surrounded the incoming 47th President of the USA, Donald Trump, — was observed by Evgenia Albats*
The economy is entering a mode of chronic stagflation, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Life inside the «horror without end» is becoming increasingly tiresome. But one leader, floating in the political «cloud service», is not tired at all. And another — a newcomer — will only add dynamism to the «movement», writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The regime continues its assault on children's consciousness—now with unified textbooks on Russian and literature. The authorities are overreaching—this may have the opposite effect, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The capital of a failed empire is celebrating as if for the last time, hoping that the New Year is not the last, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes
The speed of the transformation of an authoritarian regime into a totalitarian one is increasing. And this steamroller has no reverse gear, writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The New Year's mood that the authorities are trying to artificially create only briefly distracts from dark times, and it is not equal to a Christmas truce, says columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Assad family was in power in Syria for 53 years, but their dictatorship collapsed in two weeks. A rule that relies on the harshest repression can be long, but it is never eternal, believes Evgenia Albats*
In 2024, Putin lost Syria, Armenia, Abkhazia, and many other items of symbolic and practical significance. By betting on hard power, the autocrat is losing soft power, writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The Winter War of 1939 — Stalin's quintessential poisoned rakes, which he, along with other tools, left as a legacy to subsequent generations of politicians, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The public consciousness of Russians is entering an irreversible phase of obedience, writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Роман Томаса Манна о давосском санатории увидел свет сто лет назад, за это время изменилось все и... ничего: новая бойня снова сделала его актуальным, пишет колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
The planned nationwide celebration of Vladimir Zhirinovsky's anniversary is the best characterization of the political, ethical, and anthropological state of Putin's system, writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Putin's military economy is failing: either you have guns instead of butter, or butter instead of guns, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Россия собирается создать новую крылатую ракету промежуточного радиуса действия. НАТО и Соединенные Штаты заявили, что тоже собираются строить новые ракеты средней дальности. На горизонте маячит новый евроракетный кризис — считает известный американский журналист Дэвид Хоффман
Putin stated that he started the "special operation" to prevent Russia from becoming a "secondary" power, but due to his actions, it has become exactly that — in every sense, writes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
By declaring war on the dead — victims of Stalin's repressions, today's regime is thus waging war on today's dissenters and the fundamental foundations of Russia itself, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The "stability" of Putin's model is undermined not by quadrobears and other enemies of the people, but by the very structure of the political regime, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
Что нужно государству от школы: воспитания скульптурной группы «Рабочий, солдат и роженица» — считает колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Одним движением руки власти вместе с литературным персонажем назначили «иноагентами» еще двух человек с того света — Петра Вайля и Сергея Довлатова, пишет иноагент и колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Акробатов пера тоже решили национализировать как стратегический государственный ресурс, вернув им статус «инженеров человеческих душ», считает колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Колумнист The New Times Андрей Колесников* на смерть Николая Сванидзе
Задолго до сталинистских единых учебников истории прошел незамеченным национал-патриотический учебник литературы, напоминает колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Россияне вступают на хрупкий лед осенне-зимнего сезона, как Сталкер в «зону» с ловушками, считает колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Новации в сфере образования тянут население России в поздний сталинизм. Но все они способны лишь воспитать в массах двойное сознание, считает колумнист NT Андрей Колесников*
Столица живет, как жила, но в настороженном ожидании того времени, «когда эта хрень закончится», колумнист NT Андрей Колесников* наблюдал за московскими улицами и поговорил с их обитателями
