Can massive raids by Ukrainian drones on military factories and oil refineries in Russia bring the end of the war in Ukraine closer? Or on the contrary, after the fire at the oil refinery in Kapotnya, should we expect escalation? How do Muscovites feel about the new realities? NT talked about this and much more with journalist, former editor-in-chief of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov*
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*
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*
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*
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*
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.
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
'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*
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.
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*