Joshua Yaffa

Next week, on May 4th, the paperback of BETWEEN TWO FIRES will be published (with a new cover!), a book the NYT called "deep and revealing" and The Economist said is "wonderfully insightful." Hope to get a chance to talk more about it and all things Russia penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555637/b…

The Populist is out, the result of my 14-year investigation of Pavel Durov's strategy & mind, and the epic of Telegram. The book is based on talks with D and his rivals. Clashes with Putin, US, France; tech bros and manosphere ties; sperm race; and more 👉 bit.ly/4oFN0Og

A new semester means fresh slate of events @Bard_Berlin. First up on Sep 27: a discussion of the politics of memory (or absence and denial of historical memory) in Germany and Russia, and what that means for politics and society today. Berliners, join us! berlin.bard.edu/events/politic…

My story in this week's @NewYorker: on the radical experiment of Marlene Engelhorn, an Austrian heiress who assembled a council of fifty strangers to give away her inheritance. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

A story we waited 491 days for. Evan is coming home. Surreal and beautiful words to write. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

Attention Frankfurt! The newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner @NathanThrall is on his way right now to speak at @nothilfe tonight. Join us if you’re in town or watch the livestream. medico.de/termin/2024-05…

In a sadly not unimaginable but deeply regrettable turn of events, the Union Club in Frankfurt *cancelled* my talk with @NathanThrall next Tuesday. The good news: we’ll be hosted by the wonderful team at Medico International instead. Join us! berlin.bard.edu/events/life-de…

Berliner Freunde! A last reminder that I’ll be speaking with two remarkably talented and always interesting Russia watchers—@VALERIEinNYT and Svetlana Erpyleva—on Monday at @Bard_Berlin. berlin.bard.edu/events/watchin…

Second is on May 6 w/@NathanThrall, a unique voice and humane, perceptive, challenging writer on Israel/Palestine. Rare chance to see him in Berlin. berlin.bard.edu/events/life-de…

Attention Berlin friends! I'm holding two events on important subjects with super interesting people @Bard_Berlin in coming weeks. First is on April 29 w/@VALERIEinNYT and Svetlana Erpyleva of Public Sociology Laboratory. berlin.bard.edu/events/watchin…

Free Evan!

When your professor from back in the day becomes a mentor, colleague, friend, and now fellow podcast guest twitter.com/AngelaStent/st…

“He needs a certification…Proof he can hold up and say, yet again, ‘The country is behind me.’” My @NewYorker essay on Putin’s reelection this weekend and how two years of war has (and has not) recast Russian politics, society, economy. newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…

@GoneSailingNow @StankoNastya berlin.bard.edu/events/reporti…

@StankoNastya When and where in Berlin? Any lecture or podium event scheduled?

Дорогі друзі, хто в Берліні, або Мюнхені - буду наступного тижня в цих двох прекрасних містах, які дуже люблю - приходьте, поговоримо, посумуємо). Обіцяю бути дуже відвертою

Link for Berlin talk and registration above. Here's the same for Munich the next day: dialoguesondemocracy.com/nastyastankojo…

For those of you following the war over the last two years, and Ukraine long before that, you know what a gifted, special, and informed voice Nastya is. A rare chance to see her in Berlin on November 28. (And Munich on November 29!)

Attention Berliners! On November 28 I’ll be speaking with @Bard_Berlin with the one and only @StankoNastya, who will talk about her singular reporting from Ukraine. More info and register here: berlin.bard.edu/events/reporti…

@k_sonin @shustry Anyway, say you don’t like the article and question how it was reported (all legit points) and apologise to Simon for the baseless ad hominem and let’s move on.

@k_sonin @shustry Seriously, that’s your “evidence” for calling someone a Russian asset? Nearly whole of Russian elite was convinced in winter 2021/22 Putin was trying to bluff/blackmail West. You’re playing a “кому выгодно” Soviet-style game to twist reporting that into some kind of conspiracy.

War, especially a prolonged one with relentless suffering, makes everyone lose their heads. But this is silly and worthy of an apology. @shustry is a professional, judicious, courageous reporter who has been reporting on Ukraine for a decade-plus. twitter.com/k_sonin/status…