Andrei Soldatov
Foreign Affairs
Russian Federation
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Russia’s Halfway to Hell Strategy
In his war in Ukraine, Putin’s partial escalation strategy has led to political stability through both intimidation and indifference, writes Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. → Read More
Escape From Moscow
The new Russian exiles—and how they can defeat Putin. → Read More
Could the Siloviki Challenge Putin?
What it would take for Kremlin insiders to stage a coup. → Read More
How Putin’s war is driving Russia’s best tech minds into exile
The war in Ukraine is undermining Russia's hopes for a better future. → Read More
The Man Behind Putin’s Military
How Sergey Shoygu Prepared the Way for Russia’s Ukraine Assault → Read More
Even amid the saber-rattling, Russia’s spies reach out to the U.S.
The Federal Security Service is trying to show it’s the real power behind Russian foreign policy. → Read More
How Western tech companies are helping Russia to censor the Internet
Russia is using Western tech companies to shore up its control of information. → Read More
How America's oldest bank became a money laundering hub for post-Soviet Russia
The following is an excerpt of the new book “The Compatriots” by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. → Read More
Why Russia Might Shut Off the Internet
The new legislation is the latest in a long campaign. → Read More
Putin's Secret Services
All of Russia’s bureaucrats, from ministers to FSB generals to regional officials, now face the same uncertain future. → Read More
Russia Wants to Force Internet Companies to Cooperate With Its Surveillance System
On June 24 the Russian parliament is expected to vote new anti-terrorism measures designed to tighten the Kremlin's grasp on the Internet. The suggeste ... → Read More
Putin Can’t Stop the Russian Internet From Spreading the Truth
In 1955 a young Soviet physicist named Vladimir Fridkin created something amazing: a boxlike machine, more than 3 feet high and 2 feet across, with two cylinders on the top and the high-current generator attached, that produced a very first copy of a photograph in the Soviet Union. Fridkin proudly... → Read More
Putin Can’t Stop the Russian Internet From Spreading the Truth
In 1955 a young Soviet physicist named Vladimir Fridkin created something amazing: a boxlike machine, more than 3 feet high and 2 feet across, with two cylinders on the top and the high-current generator attached, that produced a very first copy of a photograph in the Soviet Union. Fridkin proudly... → Read More
Putin Can’t Stop the Russian Internet From Spreading the Truth
In 1955 a young Soviet physicist named Vladimir Fridkin created something amazing: a boxlike machine, more than 3 feet high and 2 feet across, with two cylinders on the top and the high-current generator attached, that produced a very first copy of a photograph in the Soviet Union. Fridkin proudly... → Read More
Putin Can’t Stop the Russian Internet From Spreading the Truth
In 1955 a young Soviet physicist named Vladimir Fridkin created something amazing: a boxlike machine, more than 3 feet high and 2 feet across, with two cylinders on the top and the high-current generator attached, that produced a very first copy of a photograph in the Soviet Union. Fridkin proudly... → Read More
How Putin Tried to Control the Internet
Russia is currently busy rewriting the country’s doctrine of information secu… → Read More