Anatoly Kurmanaev

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Anatoly Kurmanaev

The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia's deep sense of national pride. It was a Russian war spectacle designed to instill pride at home, impress allies and intimidate foes. The military parade on Friday in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was Russia's most expansive celebration of the holiday in years, and it achieved at least the first two goals.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Anatoly Kurmanaev

The annual Moscow parade marking victory over Nazi Germany is expected to be the largest in years, with world leaders in attendance, as the Kremlin tries to link that triumph to the war in Ukraine. Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat on Friday with visiting heads of state and a show of armed might in Red Square, staged as a display of global clout, grandiose and intimidating, and a portent of eventual triumph in the war against Ukraine.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Anatoly Kurmanaev

A Russian court sentenced a former military commander who had accused his superiors of incompetence to five years in prison on a corruption charge on Thursday. His supporters denounced the punishment as politically motivated. The commander, Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, was dismissed from the Russian Army in July 2023, the most widely known casualty of a purge after the failed mutiny of the paramilitary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin.

1 month ago | clarin.com | Anatoly Kurmanaev

BERLÍN — El presidente Donald Trump libró a Rusia de los aranceles que había impuesto a otras 180 naciones en un intento por reestructurar el comercio mundial. Sin embargo, eso no eximió al país del caos económico resultante. El precio del petróleo, el sustento de la economía y la maquinaria bélica de Rusia, ha caído casi un 15% desde que Trump anunció los aranceles el 2 de abril, lo que desató el temor a una recesión mundial.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Anatoly Kurmanaev

President Trump's trade war is lowering oil prices, which could prove more damaging to the Russian economy than the penalties the United States and its allies have already imposed. President Trump spared Russia from the tariffs he had imposed on 180 other nations in a bid to reshape global trade. But that did not exempt the country from the ensuing economic havoc.