The trial of Evan Gershkovich is coming to a close. To know more, read this moving piece by Eva Hartog Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Trust me. I recruited him. politico.eu/article/evan-g…

Biden quitting the presidential race is a top story on Russia’s Interfax news agency (in bold.) But most read on the website (on the right)? #ЕvanGershkovich gets 16 years in prison

On the same day that Evan Gershkovich, a reporter, was sentenced to time in a penal colony, another American journalist was also sentenced: Alsu Kurmasheva. The Kremlin may use them as bargaining chips to be exchanged for Russians held in the West. nyti.ms/4fs7Uxh

A great piece on Russia's reaction to Kamala Harris as a candidate for President by Eva Hartog. In my Facebook, where I blog in Russian, I've received similar vitriolic comments. Being a strong, articulate woman, a Black person, and a Democratic candidate seems to be unbearable

Massive U.S.-Russia prisoner swap frees Evan Gershkovich, more than a dozen others ow.ly/Qm3E105E173

The day #FreeEvan turned into #Evanisfree and we, his colleagues, friends and family, can breathe again

We've missed that smile.

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Update about my dad Alexei Soldatov, a Rus Internet pioneer, who was imprisoned on July 22, despite him being terminally ill. In 2 weeks, he changed 2 prisons. He is in a cell with 9 people, a big improvement since Wednesday when he slept on a floor in a cell with 40 cell mates.

In 2016, when i was still at The Moscow Times, I wrote this profile of Pavel #Durov and his new tech baby, Telegram. Back then, it had 100m users and that seemed huge. Today, it's 900m. themoscowtimes.com/2016/03/03/how…

Must-read profile of detained Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, by the one and only Eva Hartog POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/pavel-…

French authorities are going after Pavel Durov’s brother, too, long credited as the brains behind the company’s meteoric success. But they’ll have a harder time arresting him. Apparently, he’s in Russia. politico.eu/article/exclus…

Wonder why Russia keeps expelling or banning journalists with a deep knowledge of the country 🤔 Probably not because it knows Andrew E. Kramer Nathan Hodge Paul Sonne Neil MacFarquhar Thomas Grove are such experts that they can do their excellent work from abroad edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/med…

Komkommertijd bestaat niet in Rusland, zo weet vaste gast bij Buitenlandse Zaken @evahartog . In deze aflevering neemt Eva de stand van zaken in Rusland door. Plus: de laatste fase van de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen. @rutgerhoeven Casper Thomas buff.ly/47f4lXp