Andrei Soldatov

.@irinaborogan and I are thrilled to announce that our new book, Our Dear Friends in Moscow, will be released this June, with @public_affairs, and is now available for pre-order, 📚 hachettebookgroup.com/titles/irina-b…

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

Privileged to have @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov on talking about their new book Our Dear Friends in Moscow

"Putin wanted to be seen as a strong leader and much more brutal and decisive, not like Yeltsin. When journalists started writing critical things about the way the situation was handled, he got really furious." @AndreiSoldatov newsweek.com/russia-putin-c…

Quite a lot of revisionism now. But Miller helped lead the CIA team and is a registered Republican. Note, too, the self-evident conclusion that it was not possible to determine the full impact of the influence operation on American voters. Intel practitioners were a lot more…

Gabbard and White House 'lying' about intel on Russian interference in 2016, ex-CIA official says nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

We’re truly touched that @AngelaStent reviewed Our Dear Friends in Moscow!

My Latest Reviews of 5 highy-recommended books for @Survival --@shaunwalker7, @ThaneGustafson, @AndreiSoldatov, @IrinaBorogan, @jademcglynn122 @Michael_Calvey tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A fantastic, insightful — and sobering — profile of Yermak by @ChristopherJM in @ftweekend ft.com/content/4d6114…

The review of Our Dear Friends in Moscow in FT.

"A poignant requiem for the tantalising, doomed dream of a new Russia." @FinancialTimes reviews Our Dear Friends in Moscow. With @irinaborogan ft.com/content/20880b…

Our front page today. Powerful and moving journalism from the very brave Malak A Tantesh and @_EmmaGH

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. thetimes.com/world/europe/a…

It was really great to talk about Our Dear Friends in Moscow with @FrancisDearnley and @RolandOliphant on the @Telegraph's UKRAINE: THE LATEST podcast. With @irinaborogan. youtu.be/brWk6DC-Xig?si… via @YouTube

I just published my first post on Substack. It's about #KGB defector Yuri Nosenko as a young man in the Soviet Union. Based on both Russian & #CIA archives. #spies #lies #topsecret Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/kgbstack/p…

I just finished "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" by @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan Heartbreaking. I was in my 30s during the 1990s; I'd seen the old USSR and I was full of hope for the new Russia. The book filled me with nostalgia and sadness for what might have been. /1

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It always feels great to see your book in a good bookstore! “Our Dear Friends in Moscow” at Daunt Books on Cheapside, London.

Russian transport minister’s suicide reflects the worst fears of Putin’s elite.

Putin’s Real Life Crime Drama | "The latest dramatic episode has a plot twist that Russia hasn’t seen for decades." @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov cepa.org/article/putins…