Opinion — Novaya Gazeta Europe

Why some Russians are increasingly seeking alternative passports

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Broadening horizons

As even a ceasefire appears unreachable, the chances of reaching a lasting peace look increasingly poor

Comment

Ukraine’s narrowing path to peace

Why the true target of Russia’s state-backed homophobia is subversion rather than sexuality

Comment

The Kremlin’s court queers

Putin has duped the US by voicing support for a peace process he has no intention of pursuing

Comment

Trump’s 100 days of failure

As even a ceasefire appears unreachable, the chances of reaching a lasting peace look increasingly poor

Comment

Ukraine’s narrowing path to peace

Why the true target of Russia’s state-backed homophobia is subversion rather than sexuality

Comment

The Kremlin’s court queers

Putin has duped the US by voicing support for a peace process he has no intention of pursuing

Comment

Trump’s 100 days of failure

Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?

Comment

Uneasy peace

No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate

Comment

Bad faith actors

Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?

Comment

Uneasy peace

No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate

Comment

Bad faith actors

Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats

Comment

Against the clock

Anastassia Fedyk, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Ilona Sologoub-

Comment

The new Great Game

Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?

Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten

Comment

Eternal vigilance

Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting

Comment

Frontline diplomacy

Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats

Comment

Against the clock

Anastassia Fedyk, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Ilona Sologoub-

Comment

The new Great Game

Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?

Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten

Comment

Eternal vigilance

Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting

Comment

Frontline diplomacy

Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire

Comment

Friends ‘un-united’

Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire

Comment

Friends ‘un-united’

Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine

Comment

Killing machines

Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?

Comment

Falling silent

By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin

Comment

Rebuilding bridges

Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine

Comment

Killing machines

Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?

Comment

Falling silent

By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin

Comment

Rebuilding bridges

History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work

Comment

Placating Putin

Comment

Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL

History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work

Comment

Placating Putin

Comment

Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL

With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move

Comment

Kremlin watching

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’

Comment

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’

Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus

Comment

An easy win

Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources

Comment

Ukraine’s true value

With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move

Comment

Kremlin watching

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’

Comment

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’

Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus

Comment

An easy win

Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources

Comment

Ukraine’s true value

So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good

Comment

All that glitters

So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good

Comment

All that glitters

Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine

Comment

Seizing the moment

The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media

Comment

Putin’s White House win

Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement

Comment

New world order

Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine

Comment

Seizing the moment

The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media

Comment

Putin’s White House win

Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement

Comment

New world order

Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war

Comment

Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace

Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone

Comment

The man who said no

Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war

Comment

Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace

Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone

Comment

The man who said no

Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate

Comment

Imperium 2.0

Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe

Comment

Ending Munich’s curse

Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference

Comment

Phone a friend

While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies

Comment

Putin’s playground

Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate

Comment

Imperium 2.0

Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe

Comment

Ending Munich’s curse

Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference

Comment

Phone a friend

While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies

Comment

Putin’s playground

A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook

Comment

Pinkwatching

A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook

Comment

Pinkwatching

The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow

Comment

Trump’s Russian revelation

Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?

Comment

Learning by dying

It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine

Comment

The art of the deal

The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow

Comment

Trump’s Russian revelation

Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?

Comment

Learning by dying

It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine

Comment

The art of the deal

An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future

Comment

Russia’s nostalgia machine

Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence

Comment

Breaking things

An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future

Comment

Russia’s nostalgia machine

Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence

Comment

Breaking things

On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression

Comment

Europe’s hour

Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace

Comment

Culture warriors

The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law

Comment

Orbán’s mafia state

The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims

Comment

Out in the cold

On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression

Comment

Europe’s hour

Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace

Comment

Culture warriors

The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law

Comment

Orbán’s mafia state

The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims

Comment

Out in the cold

Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered

Comment

Peace in our time

Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered

Comment

Peace in our time

Comment

The acceptance stage

The inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili begins a potentially dangerous new chapter for Georgia

Comment

Georgia on my mind

Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus

Comment

Public confessions

Comment

The acceptance stage

The inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili begins a potentially dangerous new chapter for Georgia

Comment

Georgia on my mind

Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus

Comment

Public confessions

As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world

Comment

Playing for time

What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power

Comment

Brought low

As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world

Comment

Playing for time

What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power

Comment

Brought low

A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith

Comment

Soul searching

How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power

Comment

Any port in a storm

History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity

Comment

A house divided

Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov

Comment

Courting disfavour

A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith

Comment

Soul searching

How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power

Comment

Any port in a storm

History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity

Comment

A house divided

Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov

Comment

Courting disfavour

Why some Russians are increasingly seeking alternative passports

Comment

Broadening horizons

Why some Russians are increasingly seeking alternative passports

Comment

Broadening horizons

As even a ceasefire appears unreachable, the chances of reaching a lasting peace look increasingly poor

Comment

Ukraine’s narrowing path to peace

Why the true target of Russia’s state-backed homophobia is subversion rather than sexuality

Comment

The Kremlin’s court queers

Putin has duped the US by voicing support for a peace process he has no intention of pursuing

Comment

Trump’s 100 days of failure

As even a ceasefire appears unreachable, the chances of reaching a lasting peace look increasingly poor

Comment

Ukraine’s narrowing path to peace

Why the true target of Russia’s state-backed homophobia is subversion rather than sexuality

Comment

The Kremlin’s court queers

Putin has duped the US by voicing support for a peace process he has no intention of pursuing

Comment

Trump’s 100 days of failure

Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?

Comment

Uneasy peace

No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate

Comment

Bad faith actors

Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?

Comment

Uneasy peace

No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate

Comment

Bad faith actors

Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats

Comment

Against the clock

Anastassia Fedyk, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Ilona Sologoub-

Comment

The new Great Game

Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?

Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten

Comment

Eternal vigilance

Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting

Comment

Frontline diplomacy

Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats

Comment

Against the clock

Anastassia Fedyk, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Ilona Sologoub-

Comment

The new Great Game

Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?

Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten

Comment

Eternal vigilance

Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting

Comment

Frontline diplomacy

Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire

Comment

Friends ‘un-united’

Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire

Comment

Friends ‘un-united’

Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine

Comment

Killing machines

Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?

Comment

Falling silent

By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin

Comment

Rebuilding bridges

Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine

Comment

Killing machines

Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?

Comment

Falling silent

By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin

Comment

Rebuilding bridges

History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work

Comment

Placating Putin

Comment

Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL

History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work

Comment

Placating Putin

Comment

Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL

With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move

Comment

Kremlin watching

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’

Comment

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’

Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus

Comment

An easy win

Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources

Comment

Ukraine’s true value

With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move

Comment

Kremlin watching

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’

Comment

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’

Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus

Comment

An easy win

Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources

Comment

Ukraine’s true value

So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good

Comment

All that glitters

So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good

Comment

All that glitters

Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine

Comment

Seizing the moment

The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media

Comment

Putin’s White House win

Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement

Comment

New world order

Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine

Comment

Seizing the moment

The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media

Comment

Putin’s White House win

Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement

Comment

New world order

Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war

Comment

Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace

Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone

Comment

The man who said no

Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war

Comment

Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace

Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone

Comment

The man who said no

Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate

Comment

Imperium 2.0

Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe

Comment

Ending Munich’s curse

Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference

Comment

Phone a friend

While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies

Comment

Putin’s playground

Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate

Comment

Imperium 2.0

Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe

Comment

Ending Munich’s curse

Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference

Comment

Phone a friend

While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies

Comment

Putin’s playground

A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook

Comment

Pinkwatching

A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook

Comment

Pinkwatching

The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow

Comment

Trump’s Russian revelation

Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?

Comment

Learning by dying

It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine

Comment

The art of the deal

The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow

Comment

Trump’s Russian revelation

Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?

Comment

Learning by dying

It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine

Comment

The art of the deal

An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future

Comment

Russia’s nostalgia machine

Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence

Comment

Breaking things

An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future

Comment

Russia’s nostalgia machine

Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence

Comment

Breaking things

On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression

Comment

Europe’s hour

Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace

Comment

Culture warriors

The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law

Comment

Orbán’s mafia state

The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims

Comment

Out in the cold

On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression

Comment

Europe’s hour

Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace

Comment

Culture warriors

The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law

Comment

Orbán’s mafia state

The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims

Comment

Out in the cold

Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered

Comment

Peace in our time

Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered

Comment

Peace in our time

Comment

The acceptance stage

The inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili begins a potentially dangerous new chapter for Georgia

Comment

Georgia on my mind

Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus

Comment

Public confessions

Comment

The acceptance stage

The inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili begins a potentially dangerous new chapter for Georgia

Comment

Georgia on my mind

Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus

Comment

Public confessions

As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world

Comment

Playing for time

What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power

Comment

Brought low

As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world

Comment

Playing for time

What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power

Comment

Brought low

A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith

Comment

Soul searching

How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power

Comment

Any port in a storm

History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity

Comment

A house divided

Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov

Comment

Courting disfavour

A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith

Comment

Soul searching

How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power

Comment

Any port in a storm

History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity

Comment

A house divided

Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov

Comment

Courting disfavour