Mack Tubridy

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Mack Tubridy

For over 25 years, British ethnographer Jeremy Morris has been traveling to the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow. The largely provincial region first appeared as the backdrop to his debut book on working-class communities in Russia after the Soviet collapse.

2 months ago | themoscowtimes.com | Mack Tubridy

The Trump administration’s abrupt freeze on foreign aid has plunged exiled Russian NGOs and media outlets into uncertainty, jeopardizing their funding and posing what some describe as the greatest challenge to Russian civil society since the Kremlin enacted its “undesirable” organization law a decade ago. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a sweeping directive last Friday, pausing all foreign aid for 90 days.

Jan 23, 2025 | themoscowtimes.com | Mack Tubridy

Several independent Russian media outlets are embroiled in a scandal surrounding revelations that a freelance reporter supplemented her reporting with fabricated details in dozens of different stories they published. The journalist, who wrote under the pseudonym Asiya Nesoevaya, contributed articles to publications like Meduza, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian service, IStories and Holod.

Sep 12, 2024 | themoscowtimes.com | Mack Tubridy

Ukrainian drones have targeted northern Russia’s Murmansk region at least twice over the past month. Taking place some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) from Russia’s border with Ukraine, the drone attacks mark the deepest strikes inside Russian territory since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor two and a half years ago. The first reported strike in the region on Aug.

Sep 11, 2024 | themoscowtimes.com | Mack Tubridy

In their first and possibly last debate on Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in what has shaped up to be one of the most contentious U.S. presidential elections in recent memory. While domestic issues such as the cost of living crisis, immigration and abortion took center stage, the candidates’ starkly different views on foreign policy, especially on the war in Ukraine, led to some of the night’s most heated exchanges.