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Andrey Sapozhnikov

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

6 articles
CommentCulture

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’ Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’

StoriesCulture

Russophilia What does Yura Borisov’s Oscar nomination tell us about the West’s supposed cancellation of Russian culture?

StoriesPolitics

Movement backward and downward Despite positioning itself as a bulwark against the woke West, Putinism has very little to do with real conservatism

StoriesCulture

Hipster gulag How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism

StoriesPolitics

Gallows humour A notorious Russian double act appears to have become a tool in the Kremlin’s efforts to crush dissent

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