Irina Borogan

Author of The Compatriots, The New Nobility and The Red Web, Senior Fellow, @CEPA @kclintelligence

[CEPA @cepa]

Russia’s Influence Game | “The Kremlin’s efforts to show it’s an accepted member of the global community require enormous work by every arm of the regime.” @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov
https://t.co/1QxVDX8wdD

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

“Military Putinism” is following in the disastrous footsteps of the Soviet Union—the military-industrial complex is devouring all resources without regard for their depletion.https://t.co/bVOz1uIgHi

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

Russian Foreboding as Putin Marks Victory Day
@irinaborogan and I on this year hugely downsized version of the parade, for @cepa
https://t.co/MILFahutBX

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

Putin needs constant escalation. It is the very essence of his regime and his survival https://t.co/FOf7ZllKnZ

[Irina Borogan @irinaborogan]

If you want to understand what happened to Russian society and how Putin transformed Russia in 25 years, you should read @AndrKolesnikov’s book! https://t.co/wwxcqrlyA2

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

The “good tsar, bad boyars” narrative has been somewhat shaken, but the Russian authorities are pressing ahead, blind and deaf to everything, just like the new statue by Banksy https://t.co/nDVgZoJmAt

[Irina Borogan @irinaborogan]

Joseph Parkinson, a host of the Ancient to Recent history podcast, about Our Dear Friends in Moscow

https://t.co/Ce1gf9jsJ7

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

Always a pleasure to speak with @JPonpolitics on Times Radio — this time on Russia scaling back the Red Square parade (no tanks this year) and what it reveals about the Kremlin’s war effort. https://t.co/3vcx5yKqsv

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

This regime is not ready to go back. They can only go forward in terms of more repressions. What is bad for the authorities is an accumulation of discontent and it could play out in the future. https://t.co/G8os4aO4SM

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

Very much looking forward to diving into my copy of the latest book by @johnkampfner - he always finds a way to be thought-provoking, something I’ve loved and admired since his 2009 book Freedom for Sale.

[Irina Borogan @irinaborogan]

.@johnkampfner, an award-winning journalist and fantastic author, has a new book out today. It’s about 10 countries (including Estonia, Costa Rica and Taiwan) that refuse to accept that difficult problems are unsolvable.
https://t.co/DrTf7USXSX

[CEPA @cepa]

The Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear | Putin and his coercive security services have created a problem among ordinary Russians that has no easy solution. @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov https://t.co/ueehUrvgq3

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

The Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear:
@irinaborogan and I for @cepa on how Russia’s security state has created its own vulnerability — now exploited by actors ranging from criminals to Ukrainian intelligence.
https://t.co/FBhZ0nX3V2

[Irina Borogan @irinaborogan]

Our interview about “Our Dear Friends in Moscow” in @el_pais
https://t.co/lx4TKJTzqN via @elpaisinenglish

[CEPA @cepa]

"The Russian parliamentarians now arriving in the US have very little influence back home. Their trip has another purpose." @AndreiSoldatov & @irinaborogan https://t.co/msIQUA3rup

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

How does a system sustained by propaganda and fear evolve — and endure?
A conversation with @rolandebrown on The Orwellians Podcast about Our Dear Friends in Moscow
With @irinaborogan
https://t.co/dGp4Owb1hv

[Andrei Soldatov @AndreiSoldatov]

How does one face power — and adapt to it?
A French-language review of Our Dear Friends in Moscow on Palingénésie.
https://t.co/dwAUytbEN0

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

A new form of social segregation/inequality: those who serve the state, pray to it and for it, fight for it, humiliate, supervise, and punish in its name enjoy privileges and money; those who even simply stand aside will have the status of a lower caste. https://t.co/4rB80pPZqm

[Irina Borogan @irinaborogan]

The Russian parliament is going to let Putin use the armed forces to free Russians arrested by a foreign court. @AndreiSoldatov and I for @cepa
https://t.co/eEPsGdUqf7

[Diana Magnay @DiMagnaySky]

Me and the brilliant @sallylockwood having a veritable old chinwag on her pod @stateoftheworld. Always a joy, even in wartime.