Andrei Soldatov

Moscow’s Offshore Menace How the shadow fleet enables Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe.

Russia’s shadow fleet is already destabilizing European countries, and these vessels may eventually “provide a launch point for offensive operations in Europe,” warn @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.

Moscow’s Offshore Menace How the shadow fleet enables Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe.

Moscow’s Offshore Menace
Irina Borogan and I on how the shadow fleet enables Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe — and the growing role of the sea in its sabotage operations, for @foreignaffairs.com

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Putin to End Hostilities? Think Again Ukraine may be Russia’s primary military target, but the regime has a much broader range of enemies, such as NATO.

Putin to End Hostilities? Think Again | "Ukraine may be Russia’s primary military target but the regime has a much broader range of enemies." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Putins All the Way Down How Russia was remade.

Soldatov and Borogan's "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" is well worth reading as a memoir of dictatorial consolidation...and the crucial importance of history and political culture in allowing it to happen. www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/puti...

Thanks god, he was released in the late summer. Thank you for asking, much appreciated!

Our report on Russian sabotage warfare mindset is out.

Thankful to the New Books Network for the chance to discuss Our Dear Friends in Moscow in depth.
The full conversation is here:

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Grateful for recent attention to Our Dear Friends in Moscow — from Joshua Yaffa’s review in Foreign Affairs, Fareed Zakaria’s newsletter, Ben Smith’s recommendation in Semafor, and a thoughtful piece by Mark Dubbs on his Substack.

Truth and Consequences: Russia’s Exiles Shudder at Spy Claims Russia’s intensive intelligence operations against the exile community are having some success, with profound implications.

Truth and Consequences: Russia’s Exiles Shudder at Spy Claims | "Russia’s intensive intelligence operations against the exile community are having some success, with profound implications." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Well worth the read: bsky.app/profile/andr...

Honoured that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was recommended this week by @semafor.com Editor-in-Chief @semaforben.bsky.social — thank you!

YouTube video by IWMVienna ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN: Our Dear Friends in Moscow

To go into exile or to stay—in one of this week's most popular videos on our channel, Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak about their new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow,' a story of a generation of Russian journalists shaped by the rise of Putin.

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Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog Das Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog wurde im Jahr 1991, ein Jahr nach Kreiskys Tod gegründet, um jene Anliegen weiterzuführen, die ihm Zeit seines politischen Lebens besonders am Herzen...

Dear Friends of the BKF, don't miss next week's talk:

TUE, 11.11.: @ckahlweit.bsky.social and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on "RUSSIA'S LOST GENERATION"

More Info & Registration:
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Russia’s Spies Fear the Children The FSB’s new prison-and-detention empire and its ever-expanding target list now includes a new category of Russians — teenagers.

Russia’s Spies Fear the Children | "The FSB’s ever-expanding target list now includes a new category of Russians — teenagers." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Thank you Grok for killing me off in 2021. This is a very specific hallucination (July 29???) but the rest of there report on OCCRP is equally bad. Garbage.

An Inside Look at Top Secret Regional KGB Spy Museum in 1960 Based on archival Lithuanian KGB documents

What was inside a top secret regional #KGB spy museum in 1960? @socintelhist.bsky.social

Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar

The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan on Russia’s Past, Present, and Future Tune in to hear veteran journalists discuss their personal experiences reporting on Kremlin repression and the heavy price paid for dissent.

ICYMI – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.

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Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan on Russia’s Past, Present, and Future Tune in to hear veteran journalists discuss their personal experiences reporting on Kremlin repression and the heavy price paid for dissent.

LISTEN NOW – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.

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Putins All the Way Down How Russia was remade.

Joshua Yaffa reviews two new books on Russia’s transformation under Putin, “Our Dear Friends in Moscow” by Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov and “Ideology and Meaning-Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle.

Putins All the Way Down How Russia was remade.

Thrilled that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was reviewed by the one‑and‑only Joshua Yaffa — author of Between Two Fires  — alongside the excellent “Ideology and Meaning‑Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle in the Nov/Dec issue of Foreign Affairs.
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Lisez @andreisoldatov.bsky.social et @Irinaborogan sur les menaces posées par les opérations de #sabotage du #kremlinNAZIregim à l’étranger - et pourquoi les dirigeants occidentaux n’ont pas réussi à contenir la stratégie de guerre hybride de plus en plus mortelle de #moscou

Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism The Kremlin’s neurosis about exiled dissident thinkers is extreme and has extremely serious consequences for activists.

Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism | "The Kremlin’s neurosis about exiled dissident thinkers is extreme and has extremely serious consequences." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

Masks optional... but all welcome at the Week 2 #RESCMondaySeminar! Irina Borogan & @andreisoldatov.bsky.social will discuss their book 'Our dear friends in Moscow'. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski & Michael Rochlitz for RESC, St Antony's College, Oxford. In-person only.
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Inside Russia - The Conduit Tue 14 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm How do you understand a country where the truth itself is under siege?

Tomorrow evening: Giants of journalism @andreisoldatov.bsky.social, Irina Borogan and Catherine Belton on what Putin did to Russia. No one can tell the story better, so come along: www.theconduit.com/upcoming-eve...

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies | "Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan

A fascinating conversation on 🇷🇺 #Russia's authoritarian spiralling, the risks of being a Russian journalist in exile and opposing #Putin's regime and the invasion of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine, by my friends @andreisoldatov.bsky.social , Irina Borogan and Andrea Pipino, at @internazionale.it in Ferrara.

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.

#Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies: Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan write.
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The price of opposition Shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the émigré Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov, who was fiercely opposed to the Kremlin’s actions, found himself in tears at an...

I reviewed @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan's compelling and insightful new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' for the @thetls.bsky.social:
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803. Why Did Journalists Align with Russia's Regime and War of Aggression? Podcast Episode · Silicon Curtain · 09/03/2025 · 56m

From a few weeks ago, great interview on Silicon Curtain with Andrei Soldatov regarding the Russian journalists who chose to align with or accommodate the regime, and the personalities and grievances associated with that.

Very relevant here and now.

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Arsonist, Killer, Saboteur, Spy While Trump courts him, Putin is escalating Russia’s hybrid war against the West.

“To Moscow’s spies, Trump’s courting of Putin has provided an opportunity to expand and strengthen their subversion campaign in Europe,” write @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.