Inside Russia’s ‘Micro-Politics’: Ethnographer Jeremy Morris on the Quiet Resilience of Daily Life themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/09/ins…

We begin our coverage of the #PushkinHouseBookPrize2025 with a book we already read and reviewed - Howard Amos' insightful and beautifully written and illustrated portrayal of Russia's most western region. Let the reading begin! themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/27/how…

'A wistful account of the country’s years of dimming hope and gathering darkness' - Amazing to see a review of 'Russia Starts Here' in the The TLS (by Kevin M.F, Platt) alongside reviews of books by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Philippe Sands: the-tls.co.uk/history/twenti…

Repeated beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, prisoners wrapped from head to toe in sticky tape and then “used as human furniture”… Inside one Russian torture facility (of many) where Ukrainian POWs and civilian detainees are held. A horror story: theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

Doing two events in London about 'Russia Starts Here' in the next few weeks: on Wednesday 14th May at Kings for the Great Britain-Russia Society (gbrussia.org/russia-starts-…) & at Pushkin House on Thursday June 5th with Tom Parfitt (pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…). Please join!

My first talk about 'Russia Starts Here' in London - this Wednesday (14th) at 19-00 at King's College London. Everybody welcome! You can sign up here (also available online): kcl.ac.uk/events/russia-…

Excited to announce our Book Prize events! 📍5 Jun: Howard Amos & Tom Parfitt 📍10 Jun: Sergey Radchenko & Gulnaz Sharafutdinova 📍13 Jun: Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel 📍16 Jun: Benjamin Nathans & Martin Bright 📍18 Jun: Donald Rayfield & Ekaterina Schulmann Stay tuned - more to come!

🎙️ Episode 1 of the Russia Underground podcast is an introduction to what it means to be "underground" in modern Russia, and the ways anti-war Russians can — and do — express their opposition. Listen here: themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/21/lif…

Join us for the first author talk of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025! Howard Amos and Tom Parfitt will discuss “Russia Starts Here” – a nuanced, anthropological exploration of modern Russia through the prism of Pskov Region. pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

Please come along if you're in London next Thursday!

Sadly, I’m already committed that evening, but if you’re free, do go along to Pushkin House for this: Howard Amos has written a great book and he and Tom Parfitt are fine storytellers and nuanced observers of Russia

I wrote a piece for BBC Future about the Soviet plan to reverse some of the country's great rivers, diverting them south to Central Asia: bbc.co.uk/future/article…

If you're in London on Thursday, please do consider coming to hear me speak at Pushkin House - I'll be talking about my book 'Russia Starts Here' with the wonderful writer & journalist Tom Parfitt. Tickets here: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

Really looking forward to interviewing Howard Amos about his exquisitely-observed and searching book "Russia Starts Here" tomorrow - do join us, some tickets left!

NEW: "I hope I’ve done them all justice. They’re incredible books." Political scientist Gulnaz Sharafutdinova talks us through the shortlist of this year's Pushkin House Book Prize, awarded annually for a nonfiction book about Russia: fivebooks.com/best-books/rus…

Our Book Prize events programme kicks off this evening! Still time to get tickets for tonight's conversation with Howard Amos and Tom Parfitt - 'Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire' 🎟️pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

We work doggedly, fighting for our culture, and there is still no category for us on amazon? Why is a Ukrainian Family Story in russian historical biography section…

🟥please welcome the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics. this time our main stories are about why Putin picks Trump over Iran and DME airport ownership saga find the link below and please spread the word 👇

"If you want a picture of Russian life outside Moscow today, get this book" - very kind review of Russia Starts Here by Clem for Rights in Russia rightsinrussia.org/cecil-2/

Friends in Berlin! I will be 'in conversation' with Joshua Yaffa about my book, 'Russia Starts Here' on Thursday at 18-45 at Shakespeare & Sons. The event is free and no need to register. Please do come along! shakespeareandsons.com/pages/26-6-mee…