Простые сложные люди
Почему так трудно жить частной жизнью в отсутствии общественной

мы не вписываем себя ни в какие сюжеты и нарративы, не вовлекаемся в общественную или историческую жизнь. Мы «просто» проживаем день за днем — вне контекста.
Тайная вера, вера вдали от сообщества, вне связи с другими верующими, вне проповедей, нарративов — вещь своеобразная, для многих (особенно христиан) такая религиозная жизнь неполна.

A slap in the face of public taste
How Ramzan Kadyrov violated Russia's greatest taboo

The mask slips
Has Putin finally revealed his true self?

Why Russians shouldn’t simply ignore this weekend’s elections
Novaya Gazeta Europe's editor-in-chief argues that votes can still be used to send a message to the Kremlin

Evil rationalised
Why is Russia bombing Ukrainian grain terminals?

Russia’s elusive patriots
Why the arrest of Igor Strelkov, Russian ‘patriotic’ blogger, failed to stir people to take to the streets

The battle between evil and evil
Leonid Gozman explains what Prigozhin’s armed rebellion has shown us

The failed Wagner coup shows Russia’s elites are ready for violent regime change
Konstantin Sonin explains why Prigozhin’s mutiny ended with a whimper — but could still lead to Putin going out with a bang

Russian rebellion and Putin’s future
Putin was waging his criminal war with the hands of murderers, and now the Wagner Group turned against the Kremlin and the whole of Russia

Why has Kremlin decided to target transgender people in the midst of war?
The bill banning gender reassignment follows its own warped logic


