Julia Ioffe

Russian Olympian Irina Rodnina Blames Racist Obama Tweet on a Hacker

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Olympic Opening Ceremony

Sure, Yulia Lipnitskaya Is an Amazing Skater, But She Is Also a Child

The Only People Harassing the Gays of Sochi are the Foreign Journalists

Prepare for the Olympic Whining of Figure Skater Evgeni Plushenko

Sochi's Opening Ceremony Forgot to Mention a Few Things About Russian History

The Woman Lighting the Sochi Olympic Flame Tweeted a Racist, Doctored Picture of President Obama

Russians Think We're Engaging in Olympic Schadenfreude. They're Right.

Why Did Someone Put a Giant Wooden Cock on a Kremlin Critic's Car?

The Loneliness of Vladimir Putin

A Week Before the Olympics, the Kremlin is Attacking Russia's Last Independent TV Channel

Before Predicting a Liberal Kristallnacht, Tom Perkins Wrote a One-Percenter Romance Novel

The Media Crisis Is Over. Thanks, Ezra Klein.

The Khodorkovsky Case: Putin Giveth and Putin Taketh Away

Russia: Where the Crazy Lives

Russia's Liberals Are Watching Ukraine's Revolution Very Closely—And So Is Putin

A 31-Year-Old Is Tearing Apart the Heritage Foundation

Yes, I Got Vaccinated for Whooping Cough. I Shouldn't Need a Booster, Too.

I've Got Whooping Cough. Thanks a Lot, Jenny McCarthy.

Rand Paul Apologizes for Plagiarism, Not for Neo-Confederate Staffers