A lengthy interview, as detailed and leisurely as only the German media can afford to make, with me in DIE ZE…

Екатерина Шульман (@eschulmann)

Екатерина Шульман
A lengthy interview, as detailed and leisurely as only the German media can afford to make, with me in DIE ZEIT, one of Germany’s main national weeklies.

We talk about the stability of the Russian political and administrative system under wartime pressure: the expanding role of the security services and the FSB running (or ruining) the internet; society’s evolving moods and symbolism gone wrong; leaks, shadow coups and informational noise; arrests and confiscations becoming routine - and how to sell a stalemate as a victory to people all too willing to buy anything.

This is a gift link, so it should open without a paywall:
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-05/jekaterina-schulmann-interview-putin-krieg-russland/komplettansicht

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ [ФИО] ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА [ФИО] НОРМА ПРИЗНАНА НЕЗАКОННОЙ РЕШЕНИЕМ ЕСПЧ
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A lengthy interview, as detailed and leisurely as only the…