10+ Best Articles on Russia
The most useful articles on russia from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Russia Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on russia by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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Why Ukraine Re-Taking Crimea Will Destroy Russia
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How to avoid sharing bad information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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The West Must Defeat Russia
Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest.
Short Articles
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How They Tried to Kill Me
I didn’t want to write this for a long time. I feel disgusted, afraid, ashamed. I can’t write about everything I know because I have to protect the people who’ve saved my life. On February 24, 2022, my country attacked Ukraine.
How Russia killed its tech industry
The invasion of Ukraine supercharged the decline of the country’s already struggling tech sector—and undercut its biggest success story, Yandex.
Russia Has a Vodka Addiction. So Does Vladimir Putin
The Russian leader is famously sober. There’s a reason that his country isn’t.
Russia Slides Into Civil War
Is Putin facing His Czar Nicholas II moment?
The power of smaller countries
Ukraine’s resistance to Russia's imperialist war has discredited the spheres of influence theory once and for all. The EU is being forced to reappraise not just its security policy, but also its…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on russia.
‘We Knew We Were on the Precipice’
The inside story of how Washington navigated the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — the shocking intelligence, the skepticism and the building of an international coalition — as told by the…
Ukraine's Secret Weapons: Dispatches From Volunteers and Foreign Fighters
A journey through the strange, semiprofessional world of volunteers and foreign fighters who, one year into Russia’s invasion, are risking everything to defeat the invaders.
The Case for the Total Liberation of Ukraine
Russia must be expelled from all of Ukraine’s territory—including Crimea.
An Ocean of Earth
A Mostly True and Probable Historical Sketch of the Russian Empire
How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?
Sometimes you change the subject, and sometimes the subject changes you
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