Farida Rustamova

🔴 Fewer uncomfortable truths for Putin Hello and welcome to your essential guide to Russian politics and economics—written by Farida Rustamova and Margarita Liutova.

❓What lies behind the resignation of Putin confidante Dmitry Kozak
❓How a sluggish economy has forced the Russian government to raise taxes
❓Why it will be even harder to gauge what Russians think about the war in Ukraine

Find out in our latest issue faridaily.substack.com/p/fewer-unco...

🔎 Does Putin really want to end the war in Ukraine? Hello and welcome to your essential guide to Russian politics and economics—written by Farida Rustamova and co-edited by Margarita Liutova.

tried to answer the main question

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🚫 Online censorship law sparks rare public row Hello and welcome to the third edition of our newsletter—an essential guide to Russian politics and economics—written by Farida Rustamova and Margarita Liutova.

📌 Newsletter alert! Our main political story is about the draconian online censorship law requested by the security services.
We also discuss the Central Bank announcing its deepest interest rate cut since 2022 as fears grow that the economy is cooling too fast faridaily.substack.com/p/online-cen...

⬛️ Minister's suicide rattles Russian elite Hello and welcome to the second edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics.

Our second edition is out! The main story focuses on an extraordinary event for post-Soviet Russia—the suicide of a government minister. We have spoken to our sources in the Russian elite to gauge their response faridaily.substack.com/p/ministers-...

🟥 Putin picks Trump over Iran Hello and welcome to the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics.

🟥 please welcome the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics. this time our main stories are about why Putin picks Trump over Iran and DME airport ownership saga

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💡Faridaily announces launch of new newsletter! Your essential guide to Russian politics and economy.

New biweekly English-language newsletter coming from @faridaily.bsky.social, Margarita Liutova, and co. The focus will be Russian politics and economics. open.substack.com/pub/faridail...

hi there, the change is coming. stay tuned!

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Farida Rustamova on Substack Hi everyone! Tomorrow we're going to do a little experiment - the first video chat on this blog. We will be talking with Vicky Ward, an American journalist and writer, whom I had the honor of meeting ...

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on Thursday will be talking to the great Keith Gessen about Russian politics and journalism harriman.columbia.edu/event/talkin...

wow, this is exactly what our sources in the Russian elite were feared of – when two old men will piss each other off. from our latest faridaily.substack.com/p/putin-sign...

Putin signals to the Russian elite not to expect a quick peace in Ukraine The message from Putin reflects a prevailing mood of caution in the Russian elite when it comes to Washington’s volte face.

Hi there! New piece here faridaily.substack.com/p/putin-sign...

Faridaily Путин перенес послание Федеральному собранию из-за подготовки встречи с Трампом Кремль перенес дату оглашения послания президента Федеральному собранию, которое по плану должно было состояться в конц...

Putin has indefinitely postponed his State of the Nation address, which is supposed to happen by the end of February. Sources tell @faridaily.bsky.social that it's because he's too busy with the U.S. negotiations and prep for Trump's visit to Moscow. t.me/faridaily24/...

Draft exemptions as Russians know them are ending The newsletter Faridaily reveals how new rules are making it far harder for employers to shield staff from mobilization — Meduza Russia is narrowing opportunities for mobilization exemptions and further centralizing the state’s control over granting these exceptions. According to the newsletter Faridaily, military draft exempti...

The latest newsletter from @faridaily.bsky.social offers an excellent breakdown of changes unfolding in Russia’s system for issuing mobilization exemptions. If Putin orders another round, these new rules could make the war in Ukraine profoundly more “felt” back home. meduza.io/en/feature/2...