How does the capital of the aggressor state live between drone attacks? What exploded near Moscow? How did Russia learn to live without the internet and now learns to live without Wildberries? We discuss this with Moscow political scientist, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
On the strikes on Wildberries, the logic of war, and the responsibility of Russian society, The New Times spoke with Mark Feygin*, a well-known politician, lawyer, and popular blogger.
Why is the "gas station country" unable to handle the fuel problem domestically? The New Times asks Sergey Vakulenko, a senior research fellow at the Carnegie Berlin Office and former analyst at "Gazprom Neft," to answer these questions.
What could make Putin stop the killings in Ukraine? What is the cost of Wildberries for the economy? What is Russian business capable of? The New Times asked renowned economist, Professor at the University of Chicago Konstantin Sonin* about this
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*
Russia is facing a widespread gasoline shortage, non-functioning internet, bankruptcy of civilian enterprises, labor shortages, and economic exhaustion. What could Putin do under these circumstances? What options does Putin's nomenclature have? What forces could stop the dictator? This is the conversation NT had with politician and public figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky*