Peter Pomerantsev

London, Scotland

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Senior Fellow, Agora Institute Johns Hopkins Uni Author: How to Win an Information War; This is Not Propaganda ; Nothing is True and Everything is Possible

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I'm building a case against Putin

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Peter Pomerantsev
Inside Russia’s repression of Ukraine’s churches

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Peter Pomerantsev

Vladimir Putin celebrated Palm Sunday by murdering over 30 civilians in Sumy with two missiles laced with shrapnel to maximize mortalities. But it’s not only rocket fire that will endanger Ukrainians over the Easter weekend. Inside the occupied territories, any worshipers outside of the Kremlin-controlled Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate are in danger. Since Russia’s invasion, more than 67 pastors and other faith leaders have been killed by the invaders.
Inside Russia’s repression of Ukraine’s churches

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Peter Pomerantsev

Vladimir Putin celebrated Palm Sunday by murdering over 30 civilians in Sumy with two missiles laced with shrapnel to maximize mortalities. But it’s not only rocket fire that will endanger Ukrainians over the Easter weekend. Inside the occupied territories, any worshipers outside of the Kremlin-controlled Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate are in danger.
Security-consumed Prince Harry chooses war-torn Ukraine as latest backdrop

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Lee Cohen |Alexander Larman |Curtis Yarvin |Peter Pomerantsev

Prince Harry’s clandestine dash to Ukraine this week, trailing last year’s faux royal tours to Colombia and Nigeria, lays bare a brazen hypocrisy. He bangs on about the UK being too perilous for his family, waging legal crusades over security provisions, yet here he is, swanning into war zones and countries with travel warnings, trading on his fading royal luster to clutch at relevance – all while dodging the duties he willingly jettisoned.
Does Trump’s 90-day tariff pause really hint at a change of heart?

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Freddy Gray |Curtis Yarvin |Peter Pomerantsev

Two days ago, talk of a 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” was branded “fake news” by the White House. This afternoon, the President has confirmed a 90-day pause on the higher tariff rates on all countries apart from China. “Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately,” the President shared.
China is ready for a trade war with America

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ian Williams |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Peter Pomerantsev

China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 percent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 percent so far from Washington, vs 84 percent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars driving straight at each other in a high stakes game of chicken.
Play Putin at his own game by ‘nightmaring’ his world order

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Peter Pomerantsev

There’s a delicious Russian verb that derives from the criminal underworld: “koshmarit,” literally “to nightmare someone.” It usually denotes how authorities give criminals, or anyone they dislike, so much relentless hassle from so many different angles they bend them to their will. Vladimir Putin, always keen to bring mafia language into politics, was the first Russian statesman to make use of it in public – he once instructed his authorities to stop “nightmaring” the business community.
Play Putin at his own game by ‘nightmaring’ his world order

2 months ago | spectator.com.au | Peter Pomerantsev

There’s a delicious Russian verb that derives from the criminal underworld: “koshmarit,” literally “to nightmare someone.” It usually denotes how authorities give criminals, or anyone they dislike, so much relentless hassle from so many different angles they bend them to their will. Vladimir Putin, always keen to bring mafia language into politics, was the first Russian statesman to make use of it in public – he once instructed his authorities to stop “nightmaring” the business community.
Radio Free Europe, Trump and the fight for ‘sharp power’

2 months ago | ft.com | Peter Pomerantsev

As the US retreats from transatlantic security, European countries are scrambling to show that they can take the lead.
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Peter Pomerantsev

It must be one of the most dangerous book clubs in the world. Before they can feel safe enough to talk about poetry and prose, 17-year-old Mariika (not her real name) and her friends have to first ensure all the windows are shut and check there is no one lurking by the flat’s doors. Informants frequently report anyone studying Ukrainian in the occupied territories to the Russian secret police. Ukrainian textbooks have been deemed “extremist” – possession can carry a sentence of five years.