Andrei Soldatov
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social
Author of The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, Senior Fellow at CEPA, King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, editor of http://Agentura.ru telegram: http://t.me/agenturaru
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Well worth the read: bsky.app/profile/andr...
Honoured that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was recommended this week by @semafor.com Editor-in-Chief @semaforben.bsky.social — thank you!
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Well worth the read: bsky.app/profile/andr...
Honoured that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was recommended this week by @semafor.com Editor-in-Chief @semaforben.bsky.social — thank you!
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Honoured that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was recommended this week by @semafor.com Editor-in-Chief @semaforben.bsky.social — thank you!
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To go into exile or to stay—in one of this week's most popular videos on our channel, Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak about their new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow,' a story of a generation of Russian journalists shaped by the rise of Putin.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN: Our Dear Friends in Moscow
YouTube video by IWMVienna
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To go into exile or to stay—in one of this week's most popular videos on our channel, Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak about their new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow,' a story of a generation of Russian journalists shaped by the rise of Putin.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
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Dear Friends of the BKF, don't miss next week's talk:
TUE, 11.11.: @ckahlweit.bsky.social and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on "RUSSIA'S LOST GENERATION"
More Info & Registration:
www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
TUE, 11.11.: @ckahlweit.bsky.social and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on "RUSSIA'S LOST GENERATION"
More Info & Registration:
www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog
Das Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog wurde im Jahr 1991, ein Jahr nach Kreiskys Tod gegründet, um jene Anliegen weiterzuführen, die ihm Zeit seines politischen Lebens besonders am Herzen...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Dear Friends of the BKF, don't miss next week's talk:
TUE, 11.11.: @ckahlweit.bsky.social and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on "RUSSIA'S LOST GENERATION"
More Info & Registration:
www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
TUE, 11.11.: @ckahlweit.bsky.social and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on "RUSSIA'S LOST GENERATION"
More Info & Registration:
www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
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Russia’s Spies Fear the Children | "The FSB’s ever-expanding target list now includes a new category of Russians — teenagers." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
Russia’s Spies Fear the Children
The FSB’s new prison-and-detention empire and its ever-expanding target list now includes a new category of Russians — teenagers.
cepa.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Russia’s Spies Fear the Children | "The FSB’s ever-expanding target list now includes a new category of Russians — teenagers." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
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Thank you Grok for killing me off in 2021. This is a very specific hallucination (July 29???) but the rest of there report on OCCRP is equally bad. Garbage.
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thank you Grok for killing me off in 2021. This is a very specific hallucination (July 29???) but the rest of there report on OCCRP is equally bad. Garbage.
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What was inside a top secret regional #KGB spy museum in 1960? @socintelhist.bsky.social
Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar
The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35
Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar
The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35
An Inside Look at Top Secret Regional KGB Spy Museum in 1960
Based on archival Lithuanian KGB documents
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October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What was inside a top secret regional #KGB spy museum in 1960? @socintelhist.bsky.social
Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar
The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35
Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar
The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35
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ICYMI – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan on Russia’s Past, Present, and Future
Tune in to hear veteran journalists discuss their personal experiences reporting on Kremlin repression and the heavy price paid for dissent.
cepa.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
ICYMI – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
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LISTEN NOW – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan on Russia’s Past, Present, and Future
Tune in to hear veteran journalists discuss their personal experiences reporting on Kremlin repression and the heavy price paid for dissent.
cepa.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
LISTEN NOW – Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak with @k2news.bsky.social about their lives as Russian exiles, sharing the sacrifices and obstacles they have faced in resisting an authoritarian regime.
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
cepa.org/podcast/andr...
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Joshua Yaffa reviews two new books on Russia’s transformation under Putin, “Our Dear Friends in Moscow” by Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov and “Ideology and Meaning-Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle.
Putins All the Way Down
How Russia was remade.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Joshua Yaffa reviews two new books on Russia’s transformation under Putin, “Our Dear Friends in Moscow” by Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov and “Ideology and Meaning-Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle.
Thrilled that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was reviewed by the one‑and‑only Joshua Yaffa — author of Between Two Fires — alongside the excellent “Ideology and Meaning‑Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle in the Nov/Dec issue of Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/puti...
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/puti...
Putins All the Way Down
How Russia was remade.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thrilled that "Our Dear Friends in Moscow" was reviewed by the one‑and‑only Joshua Yaffa — author of Between Two Fires — alongside the excellent “Ideology and Meaning‑Making Under the Putin Regime” by Marlene Laruelle in the Nov/Dec issue of Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/puti...
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/puti...
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Lisez @andreisoldatov.bsky.social et @Irinaborogan sur les menaces posées par les opérations de #sabotage du #kremlinNAZIregim à l’étranger - et pourquoi les dirigeants occidentaux n’ont pas réussi à contenir la stratégie de guerre hybride de plus en plus mortelle de #moscou
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Lisez @andreisoldatov.bsky.social et @Irinaborogan sur les menaces posées par les opérations de #sabotage du #kremlinNAZIregim à l’étranger - et pourquoi les dirigeants occidentaux n’ont pas réussi à contenir la stratégie de guerre hybride de plus en plus mortelle de #moscou
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Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism | "The Kremlin’s neurosis about exiled dissident thinkers is extreme and has extremely serious consequences." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism
The Kremlin’s neurosis about exiled dissident thinkers is extreme and has extremely serious consequences for activists.
cepa.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism | "The Kremlin’s neurosis about exiled dissident thinkers is extreme and has extremely serious consequences." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
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Masks optional... but all welcome at the Week 2 #RESCMondaySeminar! Irina Borogan & @andreisoldatov.bsky.social will discuss their book 'Our dear friends in Moscow'. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski & Michael Rochlitz for RESC, St Antony's College, Oxford. In-person only.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6c8...
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6c8...
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Masks optional... but all welcome at the Week 2 #RESCMondaySeminar! Irina Borogan & @andreisoldatov.bsky.social will discuss their book 'Our dear friends in Moscow'. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski & Michael Rochlitz for RESC, St Antony's College, Oxford. In-person only.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6c8...
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6c8...
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Tomorrow evening: Giants of journalism @andreisoldatov.bsky.social, Irina Borogan and Catherine Belton on what Putin did to Russia. No one can tell the story better, so come along: www.theconduit.com/upcoming-eve...
Inside Russia - The Conduit
Tue 14 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm How do you understand a country where the truth itself is under siege?
www.theconduit.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Tomorrow evening: Giants of journalism @andreisoldatov.bsky.social, Irina Borogan and Catherine Belton on what Putin did to Russia. No one can tell the story better, so come along: www.theconduit.com/upcoming-eve...
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Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies | "Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies
Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.
cepa.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies | "Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
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A fascinating conversation on 🇷🇺 #Russia's authoritarian spiralling, the risks of being a Russian journalist in exile and opposing #Putin's regime and the invasion of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine, by my friends @andreisoldatov.bsky.social , Irina Borogan and Andrea Pipino, at @internazionale.it in Ferrara.
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A fascinating conversation on 🇷🇺 #Russia's authoritarian spiralling, the risks of being a Russian journalist in exile and opposing #Putin's regime and the invasion of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine, by my friends @andreisoldatov.bsky.social , Irina Borogan and Andrea Pipino, at @internazionale.it in Ferrara.
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#Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies: Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan write.
cepa.org/article/russ... via @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/russ... via @cepa.org
Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies
Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.
cepa.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies: Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan write.
cepa.org/article/russ... via @cepa.org
cepa.org/article/russ... via @cepa.org
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I reviewed @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan's compelling and insightful new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' for the @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
The price of opposition
Shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the émigré Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov, who was fiercely opposed to the Kremlin’s actions, found himself in tears at an...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I reviewed @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan's compelling and insightful new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' for the @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
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From a few weeks ago, great interview on Silicon Curtain with Andrei Soldatov regarding the Russian journalists who chose to align with or accommodate the regime, and the personalities and grievances associated with that.
Very relevant here and now.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
Very relevant here and now.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
803. Why Did Journalists Align with Russia's Regime and War of Aggression?
Podcast Episode · Silicon Curtain · 09/03/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
From a few weeks ago, great interview on Silicon Curtain with Andrei Soldatov regarding the Russian journalists who chose to align with or accommodate the regime, and the personalities and grievances associated with that.
Very relevant here and now.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
Very relevant here and now.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
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“To Moscow’s spies, Trump’s courting of Putin has provided an opportunity to expand and strengthen their subversion campaign in Europe,” write @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.
Arsonist, Killer, Saboteur, Spy
While Trump courts him, Putin is escalating Russia’s hybrid war against the West.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“To Moscow’s spies, Trump’s courting of Putin has provided an opportunity to expand and strengthen their subversion campaign in Europe,” write @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.
Always good talking with @jjgreenjr.bsky.social, this time about our book Our Dear Friends in Moscow'. The conversation is available on JJ's Substack jjgreenjr.substack.com/p/interview-wi…
https://jjgreenjr.substack.com/p/interview-wi…
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Always good talking with @jjgreenjr.bsky.social, this time about our book Our Dear Friends in Moscow'. The conversation is available on JJ's Substack jjgreenjr.substack.com/p/interview-wi…
Agentura.ru is back online — huge thanks to the fantastic team at Deflect!
And yes, we have a backup domain, agentura.co.uk. We’re fully aware that Russian authorities could take the .ru domain away — but we’re not giving up without a fight.
And yes, we have a backup domain, agentura.co.uk. We’re fully aware that Russian authorities could take the .ru domain away — but we’re not giving up without a fight.
agentura.ru
Agentura.ru
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Agentura.ru is back online — huge thanks to the fantastic team at Deflect!
And yes, we have a backup domain, agentura.co.uk. We’re fully aware that Russian authorities could take the .ru domain away — but we’re not giving up without a fight.
And yes, we have a backup domain, agentura.co.uk. We’re fully aware that Russian authorities could take the .ru domain away — but we’re not giving up without a fight.
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IMPORTANT: Russian exile @andreisoldatov.bsky.social says Jimmy Kimmel "silencing" is Kremlin tactic.
youtu.be/lsaOy0QUQew
youtu.be/lsaOy0QUQew
Russian exile says Jimmy Kimmel "silencing" is Kremlin tactic.
YouTube video by GLOBAL with JJ Green
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
IMPORTANT: Russian exile @andreisoldatov.bsky.social says Jimmy Kimmel "silencing" is Kremlin tactic.
youtu.be/lsaOy0QUQew
youtu.be/lsaOy0QUQew
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New on my website, 'the story of a dying dream by those who witnessed its death.'
My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...
My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...
Our Dear Friends in Moscow: A Story of Russia And A Warning to the West
This post reviews Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan (Public Affairs, 2025) RIGHT FROM THE DAWN OF THIS CENTURY, in the early d…
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September 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New on my website, 'the story of a dying dream by those who witnessed its death.'
My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...
My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...