Dan Storyev ☀️ Дэн Сторев
@storyevtime.bsky.social
Mysterious Russian soul understander. Occasional academic/photo/journo. Frmr Managing editor OVD-info. Views & typos mine. he/он/el.
‘Righteous citizens find themselves in a perpetual state of shock and disbelief. How could this be?, they ask. A cynical Russian would tell them to learn the lesson captured in the phrase “there is no rock bottom.”’ By @storyevtime.bsky.social & Maria Kuznetsova. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/r...
6 Russian Words for a Country Sliding Into Authoritarianism
How ordinary people describe power, repression, absurdity, and life under Putin.
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Cool event tomorrow in NYC with @mariakuznetsova.bsky.social and @storyevtime.bsky.social talking about their new book, How to Survive Authoritarianism. kvartirabooks.org/etn/book-pre...
Book Presentation. How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian’s Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America – Kvartira Books
Join us at Kvartira Books for the presentation of How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America, with authors Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev. America is not th...
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Wow if you’re a member, you can preorder our book about US/Russian authoritarianism as part of Barnes and Noble preorder campaign. The joy! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-sur...
How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America
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My latest for @thenation.com where I explain how DC misunderstands Russia and why it’s so dangerous www.thenation.com/article/worl...
How “the Blob” Gaslighted Itself Into Thinking That Russia Is on the Brink of Collapse
And how this is leading America’s Russia policy into dangerous places.
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Just listened to @storyevtime.bsky.social & Maria Kuznetsova talking to @onthemedia.bsky.social about their book! Sharp analysis of how authoritarian practices can seep into a democracy so quickly that people lack the language to describe what's happening. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Russian language has a rich vocabulary for describing life under tyranny. Like the plain-clothed ICE officers snatching people off the streets? In Russian, they would be called "silov...
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A cottage industry of articles and even books predicting Russia's collapse has sprung from a lack of imagination and expertise made worse by a cocktail of bad incentives, dwindling funding and restricted access to Russia itself, argues argues Dan Storyev.
Reports of Russia's Collapse Are Greatly Exaggerated - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Russia is waging a war against its neighbor.
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Opinion: Victory Day has been so thoroughly taken over by the Kremlin that it is hard to find anything genuine in its symbols. But when all is said and done, this day is still about a memory of a real, tangible and traumatic event, writes @storyevtime.bsky.social.
It's Not Too Late to Cure the Madness of Putin’s Victory Day - The Moscow Times
Opinion | American soldiers march through Red Square.
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(1/4) #CentralAsia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to #climatechange. And while some countries are heavily reliant on #fossilfuels, there is potential for #renewables across this entire part of the world. Let's take a closer look...
The jailing of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers did not come out of nowhere. But it does represent a turning point in the Kremlin’s program to destroy civil society, @storyevtime.bsky.social writes.
Putin’s Approach to Authoritarianism Is Changing
The sentencing of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers marks a new era of unchecked lawlessness.
foreignpolicy.com
(1/3) What is the role of #criticalrawmaterials for the energy transition and why are the EU and other global actors so keen on getting them from Central Asian countries such as #Kazakhstan? Is this an economic opportunity? Or can we observe a new, "green" type of #extractivism?
Wrote about Czechia legalising weed and shrooms (next year) www.talkingdrugs.org/new-czech-bi...
New Czech Bill Will Legalise Cannabis Cultivation and Psychedelic Therapy - TalkingDrugs
A new Czech cannabis and psilocybin bill will implement home cultivation and psilocybin assisted therapy in the country.
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Через полчаса на Вот Так буду рассказывать про протесты в LA www.youtube.com/live/vBlGPKJ...
🔴 Обстрел роддома в Одессе. Крупнейший удар по Киеву. Резкая реакция Зеленского / Выпуск новостей
Вечерний эфир 10 июня 2025 года с Александром Папко и "Главная тема" с Сашей Шапалиной:– Зеленский: российские удары...
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"It's better — believe us — to name what’s happening than to look on, speechless, as your country goes to ruin." Thank you @storyevtime.bsky.social and Maria Kuznetsova for this www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
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A glossary of authoritarianism: It’s deeply concerning that these terms can now be applied to political life in America. But it’s better to name what’s happening than to look on, speechless, as your country goes to ruin. (Maria Kuznetsova & @storyevtime.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
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Через двадцать минут на белсате буду рассказывать про Трампа, Маска и протесты в Калифорнии www.youtube.com/live/YA9ukP4...
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>coastal elite liberal arts hippie >mom is a CIA deputy director >becomes an antifa eco-activist >pro-palestine, deported by Israel >does humanitarian relief in Turkey >gets a bit too into multipolarity >joins the Russian army, makes Nepalese & Chinese friends >dies
Worked together with our brilliant analyst Denis Shedov to write this, a comprehensive explainer on Putin’s strangling of Crimea. ovd.info/en/2025/04/1...
The strangling of Crimea
Независимый правозащитный медиапроект ОВД-Инфо
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Russian authorities continue weaponising cringe. Y’all recall that time Russian soldiers snuck behind Ukrainian lines through a gas pipe? In march they opened an exhibition dedicated to The Pipe in Yekaterinburg, in front of the church built on the Nicholas II execution spot.
both irksome and funny to watch someone, who’d built his career on dehumanizing Russians struggling against authoritarianism as an entirely fascist nation, flee his country at the slightest hint of trouble w/out the sacrifice he and supporters expect from everyone but themselves
My latest for @ForeignPolicy where I draw on @ovdinfo_en expertise to explain how Putin is strengthening his repression.
Putin’s Approach to Authoritarianism Is Changing
The sentencing of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers marks a new era of unchecked lawlessness.
foreignpolicy.com
So when are we going to see various decolonial activists & queer dissidents having to reinvent themselves into fascists as they seek to get funding from whatever Trump replaces radio liberty with?
Iran had mass protests, nearly a revolution, over egg prices increase and Americans are still straight chilling? Which one is the democracy again?
Looks like it’s goodbye to Wilson Center & Kennan Institute. Meaning, the whatever meagre expertise on ex-USSR the US did have is now being burnt to zero. Will whatever is left of area studies field in the US be fully tied to business interests of commercial backers?
At this point we know of at least 3 of our ridl.io authors being prosecuted for working with us under the "undesirable organization" law.
В 17:00 CET буду в эфире Вот Так рассказывать про Америку, Трампа и наш подкаст, не пропустите трансляцию ютубе!
I’ve been covering ex-Soviet countries for a decade & let me tell you: arresting a student, revoking his residency status, refusing to talk to his lawyer — all because he dared to protest a war… yeah this is Kremlin playbook. The US is barreling towards authoritarianism
More book-related stuff - trying to summarise here in very very general terms what the book is about: "What should ordinary people do with their feelings of despair and helplessness in the face of naked power grabs by cynical figures? This is the question many civic-minded Russians face."
Dan Storyev ☀️ Дэн Сторев@storyevtime.bsky.social · 2y agoOVD-Info now publishes guest analysis in English — happy to say that our inaugural piece is by the inimitable @jeremymorris.bsky.social in which he draws on the lessons from his upcoming book to explain the micropolitics of Russian resistance
