OpinionPolitics
Author
Leonid Gozman
exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Evil rationalised Why is Russia bombing Ukrainian grain terminals?
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Russia’s elusive patriots Why the arrest of Igor Strelkov, Russian ‘patriotic’ blogger, failed to stir people to take to the streets
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The battle between evil and evil Leonid Gozman explains what Prigozhin’s armed rebellion has shown us
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Why has Kremlin decided to target transgender people in the midst of war? The bill banning gender reassignment follows its own warped logic
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In defence of Richard Wagner, Alexander Pushkin, and Victory Day Leonid Gozman explains why Putin fails at changing the past
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The Kremlin treatment Putin is introducing lifelong sentences for his enemies to convince himself that he will rule for eternity
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Why we shouldn’t be surprised by Russia’s ‘digital draft notices’ Leonid Gozman on how a digital Gulag is par for the course for the Russian state
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Citizens, let the ignorance wash over you Free University Professor Leonid Gozman explains how he became a member of an ‘undesirable organisation’
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Fighting for a fantasy Why Russian authorities are seizing books and forbidding discussion of the past
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How feudal dependence on China became the Kremlin’s only choice Leonid Gozman on Putin’s path towards being a vassal of China
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Russia’s moral decay Why people who are ready and willing to pull any nasty trick in the book at the regime’s behest are actually victims here, and who’s the worst among them
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Executing POWs: another manifestation of Russia’s fascist nature Leonid Gozman analyses why the Russian state considers itself more important than any human being
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‘Real men vs scum’: How Vladimir Putin split Russia in two Leonid Gozman on Putin’s crusade to subdue and divide the Russian society
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Grim anniversary Sombre reflections after the first 365 days of the war in Ukraine
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Russians: a war portrait Leonid Gozman on how stereotypes about Russia are helping Putin
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In thrall to reenactors Following in the footsteps of Soviet authorities, Putin has proclaimed himself the lord of time
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