Interview: Alexandre Vindman
The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic Sep 2020 Permalink
The hit on Sergei Skripal.
Tom Lamont GQ Aug 2018 Permalink
If you are an enemy of Putin, there’s one city where intrigue and assassins are bound to follow you.
Joshua Hammer GQ Mar 2018 Permalink
“His goal is to stay in power another day, another year, and to deal with complications when—and if—they arise.”
Julia Ioffe The Atlantic Dec 2017 Permalink
How an American-born businessman became an enemy of the Russian state.
Sean Flynn GQ Nov 2017 20min Permalink
How the Kremlin built one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and why it may be impossible to stop.
Jim Rutenberg New York Times Magazine Sep 2017 35min Permalink
On what lay behind Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and what lies ahead.
Evan Osnos, David Remnick, Joshua Yaffa New Yorker Feb 2017 50min Permalink
"There is a real danger here that this maneuver can harshly backfire, to the great benefit of Trump and to the great detriment of those who want to oppose him."
Glenn Greenwald The Intercept Jan 2017 10min Permalink
An investigation into how “Mr. Putin, a student of martial arts, had turned two institutions at the core of American democracy — political campaigns and independent media — to his own ends.”
Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Scott Shane New York Times Dec 2016 Permalink
A conversation with Vasily Gotov:
"Russia undoubtedly celebrated the reports in American media about its activities. They want to instill doubt. They want to be part of the agenda. They want to penetrate our media culture. Russian penetration is dramatically overstated in American media, but that only serves them better. It creates the impression that they're more powerful than they are. That discussions like this are necessary at all is a tremendous win for Russia."
Sean Illing Vox Dec 2016 10min Permalink
“Those who were born in the U.S.S.R. and those born after its collapse do not share a common experience,” wrote Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2015. “It’s like they’re from different planets.”
Julia Ioffee National Geographic Nov 2016 15min Permalink
Putin's daughter Katerina has been attending college under the surname Tikhonova and is one of the top "acrobatic rock'n'roll dance" competitors in the world.
She is the also the rumored spouse of the son of one of Russia's richest bankers. While Putin reported only $119,000 on last year's tax return, his daughter's fortune could now stretch into the billions.
Reuters Stephen Grey, Andrey Kuzmin, Elizabeth Piper Nov 2015 10min Permalink
When Putin suggested to Obama that the White House and the Kremlin speak through an intermediary, he named who he thought was the obvious candidate: his friend Steven Seagal.
Max Seddon, Rosie Gray Buzzfeed Apr 2015 20min Permalink
Fake news stories. Doctored photographs. Staged TV clips. Armies of paid trolls.
Peter Pomerantsev The Guardian Apr 2015 20min Permalink
What U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul has seen in Russia since he arrived two and a half years ago.
David Remnick New Yorker Aug 2014 45min Permalink
A conversation with one of Russia’s “little green men”: a 24-year-old recruited to fight in Eastern Ukraine.
Mumin Shakirov Radio Free Europe Jul 2014 15min Permalink
On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.
Timothy Snyder New York Review of Books Feb 2014 10min Permalink
The Russian president has crushed all dissent, but he’s more vulnerable than ever.
Julia Ioffe New Republic Feb 2014 35min Permalink
Inside the puppet trial of the decade.
Julia Ioffe The New Republic Aug 2012 15min Permalink