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Julia Ioffe

One of America’s foremost voices on Russia-U.S. relations, covering national security, foreign relations, and domestic politics from Washington and Europe.

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WASHINGTON • July 18, 2023
Ukraine’s Summer War of Attrition
The much hyped “spring offensive,” now well into July, hasn’t been the blitz that was hoped for in the West, but rather a low morale, high casualty battle for every muddy inch.
The recently retired head of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, in 2013.
WASHINGTON • July 11, 2023
History Boys
An off-the-books, citizen’s backchannel to Russia exposes the ego and inanity of Washington “formers” freelancing as peacemakers without any consideration for Ukraine.
The expectation in Putin’s court is that any purge would go after those close to Yevgeny Prigozhin.
WASHINGTON • July 5, 2023
Putin’s Post-Prigozhin Clean Up
Despite Western media assertions that the half-coup heard round the world was a sign of instability, my sources around Moscow and the Kremlin tell me that Putin is once again in full control. But questions linger about a future purge and missed warning signs.
After a deafening 48-hour silence, Putin can’t seem to stop speaking.
WASHINGTON • June 27, 2023
Putin vs. Prigozhin: The Post-Coup Report
In the wake of Prigozhin’s attempted coup, there’s been a lot of full-throated certainty in the Western media that Putin has been mortally wounded and that his regime is weaker than ever. Look as I might, I just don’t see it.
WASHINGTON • May 30, 2023
Yalta 2023: Planning for Life After the Russian Invasion
From Brussels to Vilnius, Western leaders and Russian exiles are beginning to imagine the contours of postwar Ukraine—and whether there is still hope for change in Moscow.
China isn’t arming Russia, at least not yet, but it’s happily buying Russian oil and helping Russia bypass Western sanctions.
WASHINGTON • May 23, 2023
The Biden-Xi-Zelensky-Putin Peace Plan
As the White House (and the White House adjacent) ponder whether Xi can intervene to forge a peace plan in Ukraine, a little healthy Washington skepticism emerges behind closed doors.
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
WASHINGTON • May 16, 2023
One Shaheen Moment
The New Hampshire senator opens up about the gendered confirmation process, the upper chamber’s support for Ukraine, and the Tommy Tuberville fiasco.
Moscow and Beijing have been hard at work spinning the debt ceiling standoff into domestic propaganda.
WASHINGTON • May 9, 2023
The Debt Ceiling Soap Opera, in Subtitles
The Russians and Chinese are loving—just loving—Congress’s latest debt budgetary hostage crisis. But how much can they really leverage it in their long economic war to replace the dollar as the world’s denominator?
Administration officials say that Moscow appears to be in absolutely no mood to negotiate.
WASHINGTON • May 2, 2023
Inside the Gershkovich Prisoner Swap Crisis
Despite Biden’s public commitment to bring Evan home, the people tasked with making it happen worry privately that Moscow hasn’t made clear what it wants in return for his freedom.
The Kremlin media is rending its clothes for Carlson.
MEDIA • April 26, 2023
“Dear Tucker”: Kremlin TV Pours One Out for Carlson
In the days since he was fired from Fox News, Carlson has been hailed as a hero and a truth-teller in Russian state media—a testament to his utility in Putin’s wartime campaign.
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