The Russia File podcast explores Russia: its history, politics, culture and society, and its relatio
Over the past 10 years or so, Russia’s relations with the West have been reaching new lows. In bila
Many prefer to measure today's authoritarian regimes against the West’s standards in everything from
A Soviet nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate, Andrei Sakharov fought for disarmament, world peace,
The Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin made his pioneering spaceflight 60 years ago. In the USSR, it marked a
Russia is often seen as a country that was led astray by a former KGB officer, Vladimir Putin. Infor
Sputnik V, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, is not just a scientific achievement but a golden moment for v
Most Russians have long stopped expecting that any real change may come from electoral politics, a p
Thirty years ago, a million Russian-speaking immigrants arrived in Israel. Overnight, they became on
The media environments in Russia and the US are almost mirror opposites. In the US, mainstream media
America’s universities and think tanks produce first-rate studies of Russia’s history, culture, and
Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin published an article in a Washington, DC think tank publication se
While everyone is preoccupied with the COVID-19, public protests, and electoral politics, the world’
With presidential term limits for Vladimir Putin nullified, has Russia become more authoritarian? Wh
For the Kremlin, the memory of World War II is fodder for a national myth of military glory and sacr
Well-known Belarusian journalist Franak Viačorka and the Russia File's Maxim Trudolyubov discuss
In a conversation with Samuel Greene, director of King's Russia Institute, the Russia File discusses
