New on my website, 'the story of a dying dream by those who witnessed its death.' My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended. jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...

For Russians Like Me, Silencing Jimmy Kimmel Looks Dangerously Familiar - by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/19/f... #jimmykimmell

📌 @andreisoldatov.bsky.social Expert de premier plan sur les services de sécurité de #ruSSiaTerroristState voit quelques échos du début de #putinTheKiller dans la retraite des sociétés de médias 🇺🇸 #GOPMAGAFarRightExtremism 🧵 www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/19/f...

"a total ban on short-term visas would mean that Russian dissidents and activists fighting against Putin’s regime in Russia would lose any hope of fleeing the country or even coming to Europe" @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan are right about a blanket EU visa policy for all Russians

Russians Walled-In by Both East and West | "Russian opposition figures expected the Kremlin to engage in repression, but they didn’t expect the West to help." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Today, after 25 years and 5 days of existence, the domain agentura.ru— where we’ve investigated Russian secret services all this time—has been taken down. Not by the FSB, as we expected, but by Hostinger, a Lithuanian hosting company that cited sanctions. THREAD 1/7

How Putin crushed all resistance in Russia and secured total power -- our book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow" reviewed in The Ipaper. inews.co.uk/news/world/h...

Just got upgraded to Russia’s international wanted list (previously I was on the inter-state one—i.e. Kremlin-friendly countries). Apparently, our new book really pissed some people off in Moscow: this is what Russian literary criticism looks like now. tass.ru/proisshestvi...

Andreï Soldatov : "Il est fou de penser que Poutine pourrait accorder un rendez-vous à Zelensky" ➡️ https://l.lexpress.fr/k2k

Why did journalists align with Russia’s regime and its war of aggression? Jonathan Fink and I spoke about Our Dear Friends in Moscow — exploring the transformation of Russian society and its elites, the pull of ideology and ambition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPS...

Too Much US Reverence for the Kremlin’s Smiling Hardmen | "Western negotiators need to remember who they’re dealing with when they talk to the Kremlin’s representatives." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

It was a real pleasure talking with @georginagodwin.bsky.social about 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow'. What made it special was that it was a conversation between three people exiled from their home countries — us two from Russia, Georgina from Zimbabwe — to London. with Irina Borogan.

#meetthewriters This week’s guests are @AndreiSoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan. We explore Our Dear Friends in Moscow – censorship, exile and reporting on Russia’s shadow world. Hear it here: monocle.com/radio/shows/... #Books #Podcasts #monocleradio

Read @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan on how the Kremlin is using Russia’s commercial cybertechnologies to further its interests around the world:

Putin’s Long Game | "Russia’s leader aims to cherry-pick concessions from the West, while imposing Soviet-style barriers between his people and outsiders." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Putin’s New Cyber Empire: How the Kremlin Is Embedding Russian Technology Around the World, by Irina Borogan and me for @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin...

It was a real pleasure talking with @georginagodwin.bsky.social about 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow'. What made it special was that it was a conversation between three people exiled from their home countries — us two from Russia, Georgina from Zimbabwe — to London. with Irina Borogan.

The Kremlin believes that real peace is by definition unachievable, but cannot say as much. It plays a blame game — the Kremlin’s goal, is to shift the blame for this failure onto Europe. Irina Borogan and me on for @cepa.org cepa.org/article/puti...

Putin’s Long Game: Russia’s leader aims to cherry-pick concessions from the West, while imposing Soviet-style barriers between his people and outsiders, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan write. cepa.org/article/puti... #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Putinswar

“A sustained attack” on WhatsApp was part of the Kremlin’s efforts “to harass Russians into switching to Max from WhatsApp,” said @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. “The policy is likely to work, especially if the population is given no choice.”

In hun nieuwe boek ‘Dear Friends in Moscow’ beschrijven journalisten @andreisoldatov.bsky.social en Irina Borogan hoe kritische collega’s veranderden in volgzame roeptoeters van het regime. Een verhaal over morele keuzes, corruptie van de macht en de hoge prijs van idealen www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‼️ On today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show ‼️ @nicholsuprising.bsky.social of @thenation.com @andreisoldatov.bsky.social of #agentura @swin24.bsky.social 🔊Listen Here: siriusxm.us/Signorile Give us your calls at: 866-997-4748

"Russia’s rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. But there’s resistance." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Killing the Press: Russia's Early Red Flags. We discussed Our Dear Friends in Moscow—our book about journalists who aligned with a dictator—with @therickwilson.bsky.social on @lincolnproject.us, and whether it could serve as a cautionary tale for other countries today. m.youtube.com/watch?si=J_v...

Browser History: The Kremlin’s Newest Weapon | "Russia’s rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. But there’s resistance." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Russian anti-authoritarian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan join the LP Podcast to tell all on Putin, Russian conflict, and their incredible journey to escape Russia and give us the truth. Watch it here:

OUR DEAR FRIENDS IN MOSCOW is a gripping first-hand account of Russia's descent into dictatorship under Putin. @andreisoldatov.bsky.social Next time I teach a course on Russian Politics at the University of San Francisco, I'll make it a required reading. www.amazon.com/Our-Dear-Fri...

Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk. Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq

This week marks exactly one year since my father, Alexey Soldatov — a nuclear physicist and pioneer of the Russian Internet — was imprisoned. He remains in a penal colony in the Ryazan region. Here’s my article from last year about his case. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Excellent job alert: KCL War Studies is hiring a lecturer in Foreign Policy on a full-time, indefinite contract. We already have lots of Middle East and East Asia expertise, but any other regional (and cross-regional) specialisms are of interest. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA302/l...

Really privileged to have the great Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on Ukraine the latest today, talking about Our Dear Friends in Moscow www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWk...

Charlotte Hobson reviews 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan - #RightsinRussia www.rightsinrussia.org/charlotte-ho...

🚨 What happens to a generation of journalists raised under Putin? 🎧 Join us for the latest @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast episode, where veteran journalists @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & I. Borogan discuss Our Dear Friends in Moscow - part memoir in exile, part anatomy of Putin’s secret state 👇

🎙️New Podcast! @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians. 🎧Listen now: ☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf 🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf 🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2

Putin’s Real Life Crime Drama | "The latest dramatic episode has a plot twist that Russia hasn’t seen for decades." Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social

Primakov (Rossotrudnichestvo) announces plans to transform the agency into a larger, USAID-inspired body. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/08/r...

In their analysis, experts on the security services @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan argue that this legislation paves the way for the return of large-scale repressions in Russian. cepa.org/article/gula...

Newsweek on our book: 'Our Dear Friends In Moscow outlines a trajectory from a freer Russia at the start of Putin's rule to a country in which the president holds captive the opinion of the majority and how some former colleagues ended up toeing the Kremlin line.' www.newsweek.com/russia-putin...

📖 New Book Release! 📘 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow' by Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social tells the powerful story of a hopeful generation in 1990s Russia—and how their dreams of democracy gave way to autocracy, fear and betrayal. Read their book here: bit.ly/4lyMaSe

On Let's Talk with Anna Glowinski from 10.00CET, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social with 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation', and Monica Feria-Tinta on 'A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future'

If you lived in Moscow in those years, this book will be painfully close to home. If not, it will explain a lot about what the hell happened. It's genuinely great and you should read it. amzn.eu/d/dOeuRxc

Russia launched (yet another) massive wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight: more than 500 in total, per Ukrainian military (including dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles)

Investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan about how their former colleagues in #Russia have become cheerleaders, propagandists, for #Putin: «Do they know they are lying?» «They believe that they are

It was great speaking with Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio about Our Dear Friends in Moscow, with Irina Borogan. youtu.be/Z4wo1MmUsRg

The FSB is working to build a new gulag. The agency wants to reclaim the FSB, but also to set up new prisons across the country, along with a new, in-house logistical system for moving inmates between these facilities. Irina Borogan and me for @cepa.org cepa.org/article/gula...

Gulag 2:0 — Russia Reopens the Camps | "New legislation working its way through Russia’s rubber-stamp parliament foreshadows a harsh crackdown across Putin’s despotic state." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

‘Our Dear Friends in Moscow’ tells the story of a generation split by the rise of Putin, and his war in Ukraine 📕

Pushkin House's Q&A with us about Our Dear Friends in Moscow, Pushkin House's June Book of the Month. shop.pushkinhouse.org/blogs/booksh...

Today, on Father's Day, I’m thinking of my father — as I have every day since he was jailed last July. He’s now in a penal colony in the Ryazan region. I deeply hope he will be released soon. (In the photo: my dad, Alexey Soldatov, in the 1980s — a promising nuclear physicist.)

“The authors bring to life a gripping cast of characters from the brightest and best of that first post-Soviet generation.” 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow' reviewed by Edward Lucas in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/book...