Peter Pomerantsev · Putin’s Rasputin

Politicize ‘Freedom’

Podcast Episode · Autocracy in America · S1 E5 · 26m

In tackling Vladimir Putin’s web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy

By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russia’s war machine – but there’s no time to lose

Autocrats Win by Capturing the Courts

When justice seems like a joke, autocracy becomes more serious.

Russia’s War Against Evangelicals

Putin's Russia has led an at times brutal campaign against evangelicals inside Russia and in the occupied parts of Ukraine.

Murderous Putin is sure of his own impunity. He could not be more wrong

The Russian dictator believes himself to be above international law but there are many ways to make him pay for his war crimes

Prigozhin couldn’t seal Putin’s fate. But here’s how all of us in the west still can

The Russian leader’s grip on power relies on fossil fuels and unchecked capitalism – we can all exploit these vulnerabilities, says Peter Pomerantsev of Johns Hopkins University