10+ Best Articles on Russia
The most useful articles on russia from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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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 2024 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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Russian authorities used facial recognition tech to identify and arrest Navalny funeral attendees
Navalny's funeral on March 1 was filled with supporters defying Russia's strict laws against pro-Ukrainian speech. One woman was captured on video saying "Glory to the heroes,"...
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.
The West Must Defeat Russia
Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest.
Russia Slides Into Civil War
Is Putin facing His Czar Nicholas II moment?
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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