What a World Cup it’s been!! Excellent commentary here from Lucas: medium.com/@lucaspyleVT...

Our attempt to connect Russians’ weak support for liberal political values to the economic pain caused by market reforms a generation earlier.

Great piece for Russia watchers, from Roman Badanin www.proekt.media/en/guide-en/...

Such a terrific documentary! The best I saw at our local film festival last week!

Croquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w... Levada’s recent life satisfaction numbers -- the highest in the past 30 years -- almost certainly capture something real about the Russian public’s wartime mood. What's going on? 1/3

An incredibly courageous, occasionally humorous, and deeply moving documentary about wartime Russian society. www.imdb.com/title/tt3496...

Full article: When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Middlebury alum, John Overstreet, turns his senior thesis into a neat publication with help from colleague, Kristina Sargent, and another Middlebury alum, Olive Jin.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w... Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? - The New York Times

In my two summers as a grad student in Moscow in the 1990s, picking up the day’s copy of the MT was a particular highlight. Many years later, when one of his sons attended Middlebury, I had the good fortune of meeting Derk and sharing with him how much the MT had meant to me.

War economy boosts life satisfaction for ethnic Russians and residents of military-industrial regions Read Sinikka Parviainen's new @suomenpankki.fi blog post 🔗 www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202... #Russia #households #sanctions #war #bofbulletin

Eg @bofit.suomenpankki.fi Policy Brief 8/2025 mentioned @willhpyle.bsky.social interviewed on.ft.com/4mEFqny Vladimir Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer

Middlebury's recent round of austerity measures are a blow to our community and come at the exact wrong moment, when we should be preparing to rally together to defend higher education in the US. www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...

publications.bof.fi/handle/10024... With surveys through Dec. 2023, we compare Russians’ pre- and post-invasion well-being, spending, and savings. Happiness is up for ethnic Russians and residents of regional capitals. Household finances are more stable across the board. Durable spending is down.