Andrei Soldatov

20 years now - and Anna Politkovskaya still inspires. RIP.
cnn.com/2016/10/06/opi…

SECRETS: A Reporter’s Memoir — coming November 24, 2026.

A life and reporting story. Covering my 55 years of reporting on eleven American presidencies and the experiences going all the way back to my childhood in Wheaton, Illinois that have shaped me and my reporting method.

simonandschuster.com/books/Secrets/…

Key European Airports Need Permanent Drone Defenses | "Europe is woefully unprepared for the realities of drone warfare, and a coordinated Russian attack would do very serious harm. It urgently needs a plan." Niccolò Comini
cepa.org/article/key-eu…

I'm shocked by the Latvian authorities’ move to expel @leonidragozin.
One can disagree with his views, but expelling a journalist over what he says is troubling for press freedom and has nothing to do with national security, as was Latvia’s decision to expel @tvrain 4 yrs ago.

20 years ago, journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered.
Just before her death, the BBC recorded an interview with her, which is now being published.
● "He is a true Soviet KGB officer, slightly antisemitic, slightly fascist, and he doesn't understand that people have rights."

Passionnante et très utile discussion « Ingérences et propagande - Protéger le débat démocratique à l’approche de 2027 » avec @MarieMendras @LucasMinisini et @AndreiSoldatov dans le cadre du forum de @Rus_Lib.

Merci @David_Belliard pour ton accueil dans cette belle mairie !

The Kremlin’s campaign to harass, intimidate and murder opponents, led by the FSB, takes another major step back to the days of Stalin.
@irinaborogan and I for @cepa

cepa.org/article/fsb-fo…

The Ancient to Recent book podcast's favourite books for understanding post-Soviet Russia. Honored that Our Dear Friends in Moscow is on the list! instagram.com/reel/DdhSwAWNI…

Russia's spy game is as intense as ever. And a new type of agent has emerged. A good article by @jmacrodgers inews.co.uk/news/world/rus…

Comment la Russie est devenue l’« Etat-FSB » : « On leur a donné le pays »
lemonde.fr/international/…

.@FBI thwarted a Russian plot to kill a dissident in Washington, identifying five people who “allegedly operated as part of a global assassination network.”
Targeting Rus exiles has long been a strategic objective of Rus intelligence. It is what we wrote about in The Compatriots.

There is no magic bullet that will make Russia abandon sabotage in Europe. The West needs to prepare for a long campaign — and rethink how it responds. @irinaborogan and I for @cepa
cepa.org/article/no-mag…

The Kremlin’s obsession with spies has expanded the FSB’s “counterintelligence coverage” to every stratum of Russian society. It strengthens Putin’s grip on power—but also makes the Russian state more dysfunctional.
@irinaborogan and I for @ForeignAffairs foreignaffairs.com/russia/price-r…

Putin’s response to Ukraine’s drone attacks opens the door to a new wave of nationalizations in Russia. @irinaborogan and I on how the Kremlin is using the failure to protect critical infrastructure to expand state control, in @cepa.
cepa.org/article/panick…

Those guys benefit too much to want the war to ever stop.

Very happy to see Our Dear Friends in Moscow at #5 in Russian & Soviet Politics on Amazon.com, more than a year after publication.
The Kindle edition is also among the current bestsellers in Russia eBooks. @public_affairs

Thirty-five years ago, the GKChP coup began—and collapsed in ignominy just three days later.
Here is an excerpt from our 2015 book The Red Web, describing how Muscovites used the nascent Internet against the KGB-led conspirators in August 1991:
slate.com/technology/201…

Mobile fire groups have become a new tactic in Russia’s fight against Ukrainian drones. The FSB is now using them to expand its role — and its empire — far beyond its traditional remit.
@irinaborogan and I for @cepa
cepa.org/article/from-g…

The Kremlin’s incessant, restrictive attack on the Internet has apparently scored some successes -- Russian telecom operators have admitted a significant decline in mobile internet use across the country.
@irinaborogan and I for @cepa
cepa.org/article/kremli…