Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Actually Care About Saving Leopards
A high-profile, Putin-backed campaign to protect the habitat of Persian leopards has been quietly abandoned, clearing the way for the country’s richest man to expand his ski resort.
David Bosco
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
Russia’s Reality Trolls and the MH17 War of Misinformation
For over a year, the Kremlin has been throwing a smokescreen around the MH17 shootdown. On Tuesday, it reached the height of absurdity.
Boris Nemtsov and the Convenient Chechen Connection
Russian investigators have followed the trail of the opposition leader’s murder to an implausible motive and an unlikely suspect. And that’s OK with them.
The Draft Dodgers of Ukraine
The country’s struggling army is trying to replenish its ranks. But with its forces taking a pounding in the east, Kiev is discovering that new recruits are making themselves scarce.
Vlad Is Rad
Meet the hipster wing of Putin’s propaganda machine.
Cluster Bombs in Potato Fields and Tripwires on the Cow Path
Cleaning up after five months of war in eastern Ukraine.
Trading With Terrorists, Ukraine-Style
He doesn’t work for the government. He doesn’t wear a uniform. Meet the mysterious deal broker who’s freeing Ukraine’s prisoners of war.
Ruins and Rising in Luhansk
In eastern Ukraine, residents take advantage of a tenuous cease-fire to re-roof their houses, turn on the street lights, and see how they like their first taste of peacetime autonomy.
Personal Effects
As Dutch authorities release their report on the downing of MH17, the crash site remains unprotected and the locals are still in denial.
If a Grad Rocket Falls During a Cease-Fire…
How do you make peace in Ukraine when none of the people with guns are listening?
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About Alec Luhn
Alec Luhn is a Moscow-based journalist who has written for the Guardian, Politico, Slate, The Nation, the Independent, Vice News, and other publications.
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