Ivan Nechepurenko

Ivan Nechepurenko is a Moscow reporter for the New York Times. He has worked for several think tanks and governmental organizations, including the International Crisis Group, OSCE and Carnegie Moscow Center. He has been a staff writer for the Moscow Times in 2013-2015 and also published his work in GQ, Slon.ru, and the Guardian, among other media outlets. He holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Twitter: @INechepurenko

The ambivalent Russian soul

A century was not enough for Russia to absorb not only the effects, but the reasons for the 1917 Revolution. Both Russian society and government still lack a consensus on whether it was one of the greatest tragedies, or an idealistic and…

The paradox of Russia’s weaknesses and Putin’s power

President Vladimir V. Putin is as confident as ever. After reaching record heights, his approval ratings are not budging. Most Russian people believe he is the only person capable of running a complex and vulnerable country that is…

Russia cherishes its role in the US election, and plays with fire

Speaking at the opening session of the newly-elected State Duma on Oct. 5, President Vladimir Putin quoted Russia’s famed pre-revolutionary Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin who said that Russia has a “historically supreme right to be strong”.…

Russia, the G7/G8 and no looking back

The Russia of President Vladimir Putin will not seek re-admission into the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations just as the West will not invite it back. The other members of the former G8 expelled Moscow from the Group in 2014 (hence…

How a new leadership could emerge in Russia

The Russian opposition is a disoriented, closely-knit community of activists and leaders, many of whom have discredited themselves in recent years. The opposition has indeed failed to offer a cohesive alternative vision of the country’s…

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