Anna Arutunyan
Author and analyst, former Moscow News editor and International Crisis Group senior Russia analyst, and author of Rebel Russia: Dissent and Protest from the Tsars to Navalny.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 28min
In Moscow's Shadows Bonus Minipod: Rebel Russia
Anna Arutunyan, author and analyst who wrote Rebel Russia, explores Russia’s long history of uprisings and dissent. She explains how weak social solidarity prevents lasting institutions. She argues revolutions can erase the very spaces needed for democracy. She highlights Navalny’s grassroots, rule-of-law approach and ordinary Russians as pragmatic catalysts for gradual change.
Oct 2, 2025 • 16min
What Drives Vladimir PUTIN?
Anna Arutunyan, Russian-American journalist who reported from Moscow and analyses Russian society. Mark Galeotti, historian and Russia security expert with decades of Kremlin study. They probe Putin as a pragmatic, adaptive leader shaped by circumstance. Conversations cover Crimea’s place in Russian memory, shifting iterations of Putin, whether 2014 was premeditated, and how risk aversion and symbols like nuclear weapons shape Kremlin behaviour.
