Donald Trump holding out Reuters/Nathan Howard/File Photo/Scanpix It would seem that Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections was supposed to lead to a reboot of relations with Russia. And for this there were all the prerequisites - the new head of the White House literally brought down a stream of generous offers and soft, as if formal, ultimatums to the Kremlin. But in the end, no reboot came out. While the United States extends a hand to Putin, he, as if on purpose, repels it. Why?

The book of Professor Pennsylvania University Benjamin Nathans “For the success of our hopeless business” in 2025 received the Pulitzer Prize, as well as many professional awards around the world. This 800-page intellectual bestseller talks about the history of the dissident movement in the USSR.

Roman Kachanov Photo: Alexey Kudenko / RIA Novosti Roman Kachanov appealed to the RePUBLIC editorial office (*the Ministry of Justice considers the Inoagent), the director of the favorite films of our childhood DMB and Daun House, with a proposal to publish the play of his own essay. Kachanov’s play for us is not so much a work of dramatic art as a document of time.

Dmitry Medvedev and smartphone Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/Scanpix The Russian authorities build a digital ecosystem in which users will know: step to the right, step to the left - execution. The new Max messenger, prohibitions on the use of Western services, as well as legislative innovations turn the Russian Internet into a closed “information aquarium”. But Russia is not alone here, the boundaries in the once common digital space arise in the West.