On the new wave of persecution of intellectuals, the 'Aristotle case,' Andrey Zvyagintsev's anti-war appeal, and the scandal surrounding the production of 'Hamlet,' NT spoke with publicist and political scientist Andrey Kolesnikov*
Alleged financial violations at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences are just a pretext to ruin one of the last "nests" of moderate liberalism, columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov* believes.
Why do the goals of the Russian invasion of Ukraine keep changing, and why has the war become more important to Putin's regime than the outcome? How has the death of hundreds of thousands become a tool for restructuring Russian society? NT presents the perspective of Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.
The battle on the internet, the battle for the internet. How social networks influence political behavior, whether it's possible to change their algorithm and whether restrictions on internet consumption should be introduced — NT discussed this with the renowned economist, Dean of the London Business School Sergey Guriev*
May 9th has been completely privatized by the Kremlin, and the Great Patriotic War has been fully equated with the Special Military Operation. It is important to understand the difference between them, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
What has caused the new wave of antisemitism in the world? How far can it go? Is there a difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism? These questions NT discusses with a well-known sociologist, author of books on the sociology of everyday life, Viktor Vakhshtain*
'Military Putinism' follows the destructive path of the Soviet Union — the military-industrial complex consumes all resources without regard for their depletion, believes columnist The New Times Andrey Kolesnikov*
The book market is experiencing a mini-1937, which aligns with the logic of expanding and absurdifying political repressions, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
A new cursed Russian question: will the authorities find the risks of growing discontent within the country more significant than the prolonged enjoyment of escalation? — asks columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
The model «the tsar is good, the boyars are bad» has somewhat faltered, but the Russian authorities are moving forward, seeing and hearing nothing, like the new statue by Banksy, believes columnist NT Andrey Kolesnikov*
On the interim results of the conflict in the Middle East for the USA, Israel, and Iran, NT spoke with Iran expert Nikita Smagin*, Israeli military analyst David Sharp, and Harvard University professor Yevgeny Shakhnovich