Nataliya Vasilyeva
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Nataliya Vasilyeva
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Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Following up on my earlier reporting:
Kolesnikova that I mentioned in the story has won her nomination for parliament, along with over 800 Ukraine war "veterans" who ran into United Russia's primaries:
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7754392
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7754164
Восемь участников СВО победили в праймериз для выдвижения в заксобрание
Подробнее на сайте
www.kommersant.ru
May 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Mr. Kuznechyk said he could not understand why Washington would shutter RFE/RL at a time when Belarus and its patron Russia have curtailed freedoms to a degree unseen since the Soviet era.
“Why make this gift” to authoritarians, he asked. “What will the world be like next?”
April 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
11 years on, Russia is still paying for Crimea in a variety of ways.
March 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
In Russia, the devastating war has had a profound impact on all spheres of life including business where entire industries saw transformative sell-offs and covert nationalizations. My piece for the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...
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Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia
The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM