OPINION Yevgeny Prigozhin's futile and unsuccessful rebellion: Nikolay Svanidze on the military coup's failure 26 June 2023 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist, public figure According to Svanidze, although the rebellion lasted less than a day, due its fighters' preparation and experience it had the potential to seize control over the entire southern region of Russia.

Opinions Prigozhin's rebellion: meaningless and unsuccessful. Nikolai Svanidze about the failure of a military coup 25 June 2023 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist and public figure The rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin lasted less than a day, however, according to the historian and journalist Nikolai Svanidze, he could easily subjugate the entire Russian south - thanks to the preparation and experience of his fighters.

Opinions Council for the rights of one person. Nikolai Svanidze about how Putin repeats the mistakes of Nicholas II 22 Novmber 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist and public figure Last week, Vladimir Putin excluded from the Council of Human Rights, journalist Nikolai Svanidze, human rights activist Igor Kalyapin and director of the Owl information and analytical center Alexander Verkhovsky.

OPINION One Man's Rights Council. Nikolai Svanidze on how Putin is repeating the mistakes of Nicholas II 22 November 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist, public figure Last week, Vladimir Putin expelled journalist Nikolai Svanidze, human rights activist Igor Kalyapin and director of the Sova Information and Analytic Center Alexander Verkhovsky from the Human Rights Council.

OPINION Not a tsar, but a man. Nikolai Svanidze on how Russia failed to embrace Gorbachev’s gift of freedom 1 September 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist, public figure Mikhail Gorbachev was the last of the twentieth century’s prominent politicians to pass. And he took that century with him. Now that page has finally been turned. One can argue about the scale of Gorbachev's personality, but what should we use to measure it? There is no such device.

Opinions Not a king, but a man. Nikolai Svanidze about how Russia could not accept the freedom given to her by Gorbachev 31 August 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist and public figure Mikhail Gorbachev left the last of the major politicians of the twentieth century. And he took this century with him. Now this page is finally inverted. You can argue about the scale of Gorbachev’s personality, but how to measure this scale? There is no such compass.

OPINION Ordinary FasciZm, or the Triumph of Violence: On the culture of totalitarian malice and the origins of Putin's regime 5 April 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist, public figure When the heavy-hanging chains fall and the smoke clears, an opportunity will present itself to approach the unfolding catastrophe from a historical perspective in a level-headed, scholarly manner.

Opinions Ordinary fascizm.

Maybe someday and even soon we will recall the outgoing 2021 year with sad nostalgia: after all there is no war, life is still everydayly stable. But now we say goodbye to him completely without regrets. I don’t remember anything good. The pandemic began earlier, but somehow strengthened. It seems that the repression did not begin now, but they became more massive and somewhat unhealthy. What has definitely changed is the stylistic of the regime, apparently, he has reached milk-school ripeness.

Photo: Global Look Press Historian and journalist Nikolai Svanidze talks about the failure of the State Duma’s attempt to ban talking about the USSR’s responsibility for the Second World War. The State Duma failed to approve the draft on liability for distortion of history during the Second World War... It was proposed to introduce the article into the Criminal Code, but the Russian government did not support the bill. Regulation is an absolute nonsense.

In society The results of the year. Stability virus January 2, 2021 Nikolai Svanidze If we talk about the main events of the year, then there were three. Covid-19 pandemic, adoption of amendments to the constitution and poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Of course, there were two more events very significant for Russia - the not -ended revolution in Belarus and the election of the US president, but they require a separate conversation.

Yuri Dmitriev's sentence was tightened - from 3.5 to 13 years. This is unprecedented for the judicial system of the Russian Federation, says Nikolai Svanidze Photo: Yuri Dmitriev // still frame: YouTube Historian Yuri Dmitriev's sentence was sharply tightened - from 3.5 to 13 years in a maximum security colony. This is unprecedented for the Russian judicial system, says Nikolai Svanidze. Severe is not the right word, just a brutal sentence.