9 Best Articles in 2022
VICE
Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report
VICE
2 min read · · The world’s richest man spoke directly with Vladimir Putin, Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer wrote. · Shared by 191, including zeynep tufekci, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Martin Steiger, Matt Navarra, LARRY ELKAN, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Christopher Lauer, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jeff Jarvis, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, @ejwillingham@mastodon.online, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
Vox
Could Putin actually fall?
Vox
~14 min read · · What history teaches us about how autocrats lose power — and how Putin might hang on. · Shared by 187, including Claudia Sommer, Kainaz Amaria
The New Yorker
The Weakness of the Despot
The New Yorker
3 min read · · An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West. · Shared by 382, including Bill McKibben, Finance Cassandra, Jason Hirschhorn, Julia Ioffe, Christopher Lauer, Mark Little, Dr. Parody Meyers, Niall Ferguson, Paul Graham, Anna Jane Joyner, Jeff Richards, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Eric Seufert, Alf Rehn, Rand Fishkin, Fabio Chiusi, Andrew Sullivan, Catherine De Vries, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, David Andolfatto
Quartz
The redefinition of masculinity is playing out in the fight between Zelenskyy and Putin
Quartz
2 min read · · Against Putin, Ukraine's president stands for freedom, but also for a new model of masculinity · Shared by 125
POLITICO
‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes
POLITICO
20+ min read · · Putin is trying to take down the entire world order, the veteran Russia watcher said in an interview. But there are ways even ordinary Americans can fight back. · Shared by 507, including Katharina Borchert, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Carolyn Porco, anildash, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Eghosa Omoigui, Peter Steinberger, Tuur Demeester, Chris Bertram, Kelsey D. Atherton, Jason Stanley, Edward Harrison, M.G. Siegler, Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦, rachel binx, Data Pointed, Scott Monty, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Gergely Orosz, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻
The Week
Could Putin really face a war crimes trial?
The Week
7 min read · · Skip to headerSkip to main contentSkip to footerPresident Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" in mid-March, after Russian forces bombed Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and a… · Shared by 100
The New York Times
The Making of Vladimir Putin
The New York Times
20+ min read · · Tracing Putin’s 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant. · Shared by 264, including Michael Shermer, Bill Johnston, David Papandrew, Rukmini Callimachi, Michael (मुकेश), The Indian Express, Fabio Chiusi
The Atlantic
Only NATO Can Save Putin
The Atlantic
5 min read · · The odds of a palace coup against Putin are already low; the odds of such a move while Russia is at war with NATO are even lower. · Shared by 81
octavian.substack.com
Putin in His Labyrinth: Alexander Gabuev on the View from Moscow
octavian.substack.com
~14 min read · · “If plan A doesn’t work, and it hasn’t, Putin is ready to turn Kiev and Kharkiv into Aleppo and Grozny.” · Shared by 63
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VICE
Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report
VICE
2 min read · · The world’s richest man spoke directly with Vladimir Putin, Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer wrote. · Shared by 191, including zeynep tufekci, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Martin Steiger, Matt Navarra, LARRY ELKAN, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Christopher Lauer, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jeff Jarvis, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, @ejwillingham@mastodon.online, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections
The Guardian
1 min read · · Russian businessman and founder of Wagner group, says interfering will continue as midterms loom · Shared by 83, including George Shiber, Prof Michael E. Mann, Carl Zimmer, Community by Lillian, Emma Best 🏳️🌈🏴
POLITICO
Fiona Hill: ‘Elon Musk Is Transmitting a Message for Putin’
POLITICO
8 min read · · Eight months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, POLITICO talks to the Russia analyst about whether Putin’s aims are evolving and what it would take to end the war. · Shared by 70, including David Wessel, Dr. Parody Meyers, Eghosa Omoigui
Grid
Putin, his commanders and Russia’s nuclear option in Ukraine
Grid
9 min read · · Ever since his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly reminded the world of the most dangerous weapons at his disposal. · Shared by 11
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The Atlantic
What Putin Really Wants
The Atlantic
8 min read · · He is threatening to invade Ukraine because he wants democracy to fail—and not just in that country. · Shared by 167, including Stephan Woodtli, Johannes Lenz, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Marie-José Kolly, George Conway🌻, Luisa Weiss, Anne Applebaum, Jason Stanley, Klaus Eck, David Frum
The Atlantic
The War Won’t End Until Putin Loses
The Atlantic
7 min read · · Offering the Russian president a face-saving compromise will only enable future aggression. · Shared by 157, including Johannes Lenz, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Clemens M. Schuster, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Anne Applebaum
The Economist
The Putin Show
The Economist
~11 min read · · How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians · Shared by 153, including Jason Norwood-Young, Alex Selby-Boothroyd, Tactical Tech, Lasse Lambrechts, Nick Lüthi, rich baxter
Puck
The Death of Putin
Puck
7 min read · · The anniversary of Stalin’s death last week was a cruel reminder inside Russia that history frequently repeats itself—and that toppling Putin wouldn’t necessarily put an end to his totalitarian… · Shared by 135, including Baratunde, Michael (मुकेश), Jeff Jarvis, Julia Ioffe
cafe.com
Putin's Nukes (with Julia Ioffe)
cafe.com
2 min read · · Julia Ioffe is the Washington Correspondent at Puck. Born in Russia, she is among the most informed voices on Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine invasion. She and Preet discuss the U.S. role in the war,… · Shared by 122, including Julia Ioffe
GQ Magazine
The Killers of Kiev: How Putin Created an Assassin’s Metropolis
GQ Magazine
~20 min read · · If you're an enemy of Putin, there's one city where violence is sure to follow you. Here's why a new breed of gangster assassin stalks Kiev · Shared by 41, including Nick Lüthi, Howard Getson
The New York Times
Vladimir Putin, Family Man
The New York Times
~19 min read · · As Western nations place sanctions on people close to the Russian leader, including family members, the strict secrecy surrounding his private life is being punctured. · Shared by 111, including Christopher Lauer, The Indian Express, Bernardo van Olst
The Atlantic
World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
The Atlantic
5 min read · · The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph. · Shared by 97, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Anne Applebaum
BBC News (World)
Ukraine war: Putin has redrawn the world
BBC News (World)
~16 min read · · Because of his miscalculations, there's a new iron curtain at the Russian leader’s door - writes Allan Little · Shared by 94, including Martin Steiger, Tauno, mrbrown
